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Originally Posted by Rob
Libya was one of the wealthiest, and had one of highest standards of living of all the countries in Africa. But Gaddafi didn't want to play by U.S. rules, so he had to be removed. The media made him out to be a bad guy, which gave the U.S. government justification to go into a sovereign nation, and ruthlessly removing the leader that lead them in years and years of prosperity.
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That's just about spot on. Gaddafi and his London educated family were very regular, moderate and Gaddafi was taking his country forward but was ruthlessly slain along with other family members and Libya thrown into disaster. Gaddafi's son Saif is on trial I believe as we speak. Of course, Bashar Al-Assad was also London educated I believe and it seems to be a curse
No doubt, Iraq would be 1000% better of with Saddam too. They contained him over Kuwait and that's all that was needed.
Libya today is not a country. No-one seems to know what it has become.
Iraq today is capable of creating the kind of instability in the region but also in the wider world that we don't yet know.