10-21-2011, 02:13 PM
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opin...-was-right
"The death of Qaddafi isn't just a victory for Libya. It validates Obama's and NATO's intervention – as opposed to the bitter ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. "
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CSM editorial. I find myself in gentle agreement with it. I think the Iraq and Afghanistan 'bitter ventures' are a wildly different class of conflicts, but the international cooperative approach is a hallmark reminiscent of George H. Bush. Iraq would have ended up much different if the international community had supported the nascent Iraqi revolution after Gulf War I, rather than merely establishing a 'no fly zone' which had no positive results.
Then again, the NATO strategy (establish a no fly and no convoy zone) was helpful, but also had to be modified to be the defacto air force for the rebellion. So we were the rebellion's direct ally.
"The death of Qaddafi isn't just a victory for Libya. It validates Obama's and NATO's intervention – as opposed to the bitter ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. "
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CSM editorial. I find myself in gentle agreement with it. I think the Iraq and Afghanistan 'bitter ventures' are a wildly different class of conflicts, but the international cooperative approach is a hallmark reminiscent of George H. Bush. Iraq would have ended up much different if the international community had supported the nascent Iraqi revolution after Gulf War I, rather than merely establishing a 'no fly zone' which had no positive results.
Then again, the NATO strategy (establish a no fly and no convoy zone) was helpful, but also had to be modified to be the defacto air force for the rebellion. So we were the rebellion's direct ally.