Iraq: Civil War. Libya: Civil War. Afghanistan: Civil War.

[cali]

Don't you think it's time we stopped pretending that any of these military incursions were a success?

More than a trillion dollars, countless lives, environmental degradation. Those are not positive outcomes.

Anyone citing any of these as a success, is parroting propaganda.

[gordianot]

1. Do not forget Egypt and Iran.

It does not take a military incursion just sell them some arms, buy some oil, build a pipeline. Every time I hear a Politician ridicule alternative energy you know what they are and whose interests they serve.

[geek tragedy]

2. Libya is a whole different animal compared to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Cost is about 1/1000th of what Iraq/Afghanistan each were, and Libya's in much better shape than Afghanistan has been or ever will be.

[iamthebandfanman]

3. +111

maybe go ask the majority of Libyans if they are happier now or under the thumb of a madman who proclaimed himself the king of Africa ...

I think racism had something to do with their revolt... for the longest time there has been a mutual distrust against 'darker Africans' and the lighter skinned 'Africans'... the light skin folks in libya don't consider themselves African , rather arab... youd be surprised how much of a big deal it is to them..

so when ole 'bomb an air plane in a terrorist action' man surrounded himself with two rather big (and oh no, black!) body guards and proclaimed himself king of all Africa... well.. that just wasn't going to fly.