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Trump Says Removing Qaddafi Was Mistake, But Pushed For Libya Intervention In 2011
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| Last Edited | RP May 20, 2016 02:55pm |
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| Author | Andrew Kaczynski |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 19, 2016 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Donald Trump often rails against U.S. intervention in the Middle East that topples dictators whose exits lead to unstable regional consequences like the rise of ISIS and other terrorist groups.
But one intervention he has subsequently come to pan — the 2011 U.S. intervention in Libya, which led to the toppling of longtime leader Muammar al-Qaddafi — Trump once very loudly called for on humanitarian grounds.
“But we have go in to save these lives; these people are being slaughtered like animals,” he said. “It’s horrible what’s going on; it has to be stopped. We should do on a humanitarian basis, immediately go into Libya, knock this guy out very quickly, very surgically, very effectively, and save the lives.”
Then, “After it’s all done,” Trump said, the protesters who took over the country would reimburse the U.S. through oil. |
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