So, who does WAPO look to for insight on post-Gaddafi Libya? L. Paul Bremer.

deminks

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Sun Oct-23-11 12:24 PM
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So, who does WAPO look to for insight on post-Gaddafi Libya? L. Paul Bremer.

Whatta expert!!1!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whats-next-for-libya-paul-bremer-says-to-remember-post-saddan-iraq/2011/10/20/gIQAPbXB4L_story_1.html

Some quotes:

(snip)Unless some system is put in place to demobilize the fighters, there is sure to be trouble.(snip)

(snip)Though our government has decades of experience in post-conflict reconstruction, an alphabet soup of nongovernmental organizations should also be encouraged to step forward to help the Libyans reclaim their country.(snip)

So, Mr. Bremer, where did the $18 billion of missing money in Iraq go? Will they play football with bricks of US money in Libya?

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tabatha

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Sun Oct-23-11 01:45 PM
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1. Yep, there was an article by Elliot Abrams about the failures of the Libyan undertaking.

How about the failures in Iraq and Afghanistan, where even returning military say that Iraq was not worth it.

Such hypocrisy.

I was amused to see returning FFs receiving sweets and flowers from Libyans yesterday.

Too bad that did not happen in Iraq, neocons.

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Sun Oct-23-11 02:17 PM
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2. The downside of not being a monarchy

When someone would fuck up as spectacularly as Bremer, the king would send him to the dungeon.

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