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Lots of words by lots of politicians.
On April 15, 1986, 300 bombs and 48 missles spoke loudly.
Didn't have too many problems from gaddafi thereafter.
Some people don't understand anything but force.
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And such reigns the power of myth.
I was the FAO-DET CDR in the DAO at the AmEmb-Bonn in 1990-1991. The
'de facto' US Ambassador to Libya (who was not a career diplomat but an SES-level careerist from another department as we did not '
officially' recognize Libya diplomatically) was a close friend and an
extremely busy man who spent much time in Switzerland and Malta in the performance of his duties.
Gadhaffi
was fairly quiet publicly - but he held no real power and those wielding power under the political structure which actually controlled Libya was, to our dismay, a very actively engaged and disruptive force in North African and Mediterranean political matters.
"America, hell yeah!" felt better - our staunchest allies became leery and distrustful of our '
cowboy' diplomacy mentality - and our true enemies grew even more determined as they went further underground and became ever more difficult to identify, locate, and keep at bay.
And so it goes...
Richard's $.02
