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Wow, what's the fuss? Why can't we agree that the Libya operation was a terrific example of trans-atlantic cooperation?

Ken, Dayuhan, Rex,

Ok, thanks for putting things in perspective.

Marc

Ok, Ken, I understand your position now, although I disagree with it. What I do not understand is why you want to post on a "small wars" website if you think that anything smaller than WWII is too...

Ken,

I'm not sure how to read your post. In the "any of the post '80 events cited" I included the emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan in the late nineties (who later hosted AQ, who later...

Lots of smileys and lots of jokes in this thread.

After the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan the Taliban emerged.

After the PLO defeat in Beirut, Hezbollah emerged in southern Lebanon and Hamas...

Dayuhan,

Sorry, but that sounds like a recipe for yet another failure to get phase 4 right.

Marc

Dayuhan,

In an oil economy, "social justice" would mean that the large majority of the population, rather than a small elite benefits from the country's natural richness. A democracy functions...

Hereafter an interesting view on the outcome of the Libyan revolution:

http://abcclio.blogspot.com/2011/02/libya-another-power-bank-subjected-to.html

David,

Sorry for this critical note, but I think that "nearing the end" is not an appropriate title for this new tread. Ok, Gadafy will be gone soon. But experience shows that this simply means...