“This comes from a group of people who`ve been wrong about every foreign policy issue over the last two decades. They supported Hillary Clinton`s war in Libya. They supported President [Barack] Obama`s bombing of Assad.” PeopleTwoWarLastsPresidentIssuesGroupsPolicyClintonDecadesBarackForeign PolicyBombingPresident Barack ObamaLibyaAssad Author:Barack Obama
“The rebel army in Libya is just like 1,000 guys in Toyota trucks. The world is asking the question; can 1000 anti-government guys in pick-up trucks with small arms, take over a country of millions? To which I say, ask the Teabaggers.” WorldCountryGovernmentGuyAsksMillionsArmsPicksArmyAskingRebelTruckLibyaToyotaAnti Government Author:Bill Maher
“Obama said he went to Libya because of his conscience. Did anyone ever wrestle with his conscience and lose?” SaidLosesConscienceLibya Author:Mort Sahl
“The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations to fight a jihad against American forces in Iraq.” UsedFightingForceNationsTownsIraqRadicalBordersIslamicAfghanistanSyriaEgyptExtremistArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisJihadLibyaGatewaysYemen Author:Richard Engel
“We understand that ISIS is a group that's growing in its governance of territory. It's not just Iraq and Syria. They are now a predominant group in Libya. They are beginning to pop up in Afghanistan. They are increasingly involved now in attacks in Yemen. They have Jordan in their sights. This group needs to be confronted with serious proposals.” NeedsGrowingGroupsSeriousInvolvedSightIraqPopsTerritoryAfghanistanSyriaGovernanceProposalIsisJordanLibyaYemen Author:Marco Rubio
“When we toppled [Muammar] Gadhafi in Libya, I think that was a mistake. I think ISIS grew stronger, we had a failed state, and we were more at risk.” ThinkingStatesMistakeRiskGrewStrongerIsisLibya Author:Rand Paul
“Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government in Libya. They did it because they wanted to promote democracy. A number of Republicans supported them. Well, the result is, Libya is now a terrorist war zone run by jihadists.” WellsWarGovernmentRunningWantedResultsNumbersDemocracyRepublicanClintonTerroristAdministrationBarackZoneNatoLibyaWar Zones Author:Ted Cruz
“Journalists dedicate their lives to covering war - they make many personal sacrifices, and it's not something that's gender-based. In a place like Libya where there's heavy fighting, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman.” IfsMenWarMatterFightingSacrificeHeavyGenderJournalistCoveringLibyaPersonal Sacrifice Author:Lynsey Addario
“I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.” MadePresidentCasesSecurityPresident ObamaCompellingNational SecurityInvolvementLibya Author:Michele Bachmann
“Looking more deeply at the emergence of ISIS or the chaos that exists in Syria, Yemen and Libya would clearly raise crucial doubts about reliance on military intervention and drone warfare as adequate counterterrorist responses and would call attention to the detrimental effects of US "special relationships" with Israel and Saudi Arabia.” AttentionDoubtSpecialEffectsMilitaryRaisesResponseChaosIsraelCrucialWarfareSyriaAdequateInterventionRelianceIsisArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisEmergenceDronesLibyaDetrimentalYemenSpecial RelationshipMilitary Intervention Author:Richard A. Falk
“If you look at the list of the top wheat importers for 2010, almost half of them are Middle Eastern regimes: Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia. Egypt is the number-one importer of wheat in the entire world. Tunisia leads the entire world in per capita wheat consumption. So it's no wonder that the revolutions began with Tunisians waving baguettes in the streets and Egyptians wearing helmets made of bread.” IfsWorldLooksMadeNumbersHalfWonderStreetsMiddleRevolutionIraqListsBreadRegimesConsumptionEgyptEasternWheatArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHelmetLibyaMoroccoYemenTunisiaAlgeriaBaguettes Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“If the Schengen system (of border-free travel) is destroyed, Europe will be seriously endangered politically and economically. That is why we Europeans have to invest billions in Turkey, Libya, Jordan and other countries in the region as quickly as possible everybody as much as they can.” IfsCountryEuropeBillionsDestroyedBordersRegionsOther CountriesTurkeysJordanLibya Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Hillary Clinton failed to mention that her agreement with a precipitous withdrawal and declaration of victory in 2011 helped left swaths of territory and weaponry from ISIS. She failed to mention that she described Bashar al-Assad as a positive reformer and opened an American embassy. She failed to mention a complete failure strategy in Libya, which now is enabling ISIS to move into Libya.” MovingLeftVictoryStrategyClintonAgreementAlsTerritoryDeclarationIsisEnablingWithdrawalReformersLibyaAssadWeaponryEmbassyBashar Al Assad Author:Carly Fiorina
“We see nation-states collapsing all around us: Libya, Syria, Iraq. We do not want another failed state in our neighborhood, which would rapidly turn into a stronghold for terrorists, as we have seen in Gaza. We do not want tunnels to suburbs of Tel Aviv or missiles pointed at Jerusalem.” WantStatesTurnsNationsIraqTerroristNeighborhoodSyriaTunnelsMissilesSuburbsJerusalemGazaLibyaStrongholds Author:Ayelet Shaked
“And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people from all over the world who want to engage in these activities gravitate to. They're going now to places like Syria or Yemen Libya, elsewhere.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMeanActivityInternationalDestinationElsewhereSyriaPakistanLibyaYemen Author:Mohsin Hamid
“We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. In Libya, the country must first of all be stabilized to stop IS. This means supporting the Libyan government, including in terms of security. We don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past in that country. The situation is extremely dangerous and the next days could be decisive.” WantNeedsFirstsMeanWarEndsCountryGovernmentPastNextStrongTermMistakeSituationSecurityMilitaryDangerousIncludingIraqRepeatsAfghanistanSyriaNext DayBreakthroughDiplomaticLibyaDeployment Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“Libya was a terrible mistake. You know, frankly, that's something that people ought to be thinking about in regard to Hillary [Clinton]. You know, they talk about Benghazi, which is very legitimate. Of course it is. But we should never have deposed [Muamar] Gaddafi. That was a terrible mistake.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldCoursesMistakeOughtTerribleRegardClintonLibyaBenghaziGaddafi Author:John Kasich
“American airstrikes have targeted ISIS in Libya before. Just last fall, another ISIS leader was killed. And I'm told there are several more training camps and we'll likely see more strikes in the coming weeks and months. So the U.S. is watching all this carefully and will strike what they call targets of opportunity whenever they can.” LastsFallOpportunityLeaderWeekMonthsTrainingStrikesTargetCampsIsisLibyaTraining Camp Author:Tom Bowman
“I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there is the absence of intervention in Syria. And then in Libya, it's partial intervention. And that doesn't really explain why some countries that have literally nothing to do with the interventions in the Middle East end up getting targeted.” WayMeanEndsCountryCausesMiddleAgreeIraqEastAbsenceDisagreeAfghanistanMiddle EastSyriaInterventionLibyaCampaigning Author:Tony Blair
“I think the debate was really some powerful moments of clarity. We saw that Donald Trump, substantively, has the same issues on issue after issue as Hillary Clinton. He agreed with Hillary Clinton on Libya, toppling the government in Libya. That led directly to Benghazi, led to handing that country over to radical Islamic terrorism.” ThinkingCountryMomentsGovernmentPowerfulIssuesSawsTrumpClintonTerrorismDebateClarityRadicalIslamicLibyaIslamic TerrorismBenghaziMoments Of Clarity Author:Ted Cruz
“If you look in the Muslim World right now, the Shia, the Sunni Muslims are standing at the brink of a pit of fire started by Western intervention and influence in pitting them against each other by exploiting their divisions. So the stage is set for war in that area of the world that would destroy that area as completely as what they are calling the failed state Libya making Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq failed states.” IfsWorldLooksWarStatesFireInfluenceStageCallingRight NowAreasStandingWesternIraqDivisionAfghanistanSyriaInterventionPitsLibyaMuslim WorldShia Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Hillary Clinton was the one pressing the hardest for bombing, and look at what happened. They not only destroyed the country, but Libya has become the center for jihad all over Africa and the Middle East. It's a total disaster in every respect, but it does not matter. Look at the so-called global war on terror.” LooksDoeWarCountryMatterHappenedMiddleClintonTerrorEastDisasterHardestDestroyedMiddle EastBombingWar On TerrorJihadLibya Author:Noam Chomsky
“When the problems in Libya started, the African Union set up a committee to address the situation. We urgently advised the Europeans not to intervene. You have done so anyway. Now we are seeing absolute chaos there.” DoneProblemSituationSeeingAbsolutesUnionsChaosAddressesCommitteesLibyaAfrican Union Author:Yoweri Museveni
“The chaotic situation in Libya is definitely creating a threat. Libya now connects the jihadists in Africa with those in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. This could have been avoided.” Has BeensSituationMiddleCreatingThreatEastAfghanistanMiddle EastCould Have BeenAvoidedChaoticLibya Author:Yoweri Museveni
“I am a supporter of much of the Arab Spring, as a matter of indigenous self-determination. So, I see the United States' role in Libya as an appropriately restrained one in providing some international support for the work of those trying to bring democratic change against a regime that has undoubtedly been dictatorial, particularly in the past twenty years.” TryingYearsSelfMatterStatesPastUnitedRolesUnited StatesSupportSpringDeterminationTwentiesDemocraticInternationalRegimesSelf DeterminationProvidingSupporterIndigenousLibyaArab Spring Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The world's politics are in turmoil, not to mention the Mideast, where the US has mounted attacks from Libya to Iraq to Syria, and ISIS is attacking governments in today's pipeline rivalry.” WorldGovernmentTodayIraqSyriaAttackingIsisTurmoilRivalryLibyaPipeline Author:Michael Hudson
“Some members, like Britain and France, are ready, willing and able to take action in Libya or Mali. Others are uncomfortable with the use of military force. Let's welcome that diversity, instead of trying to snuff it out.” TryingUseAbleActionForceMilitaryWillingReadyMembersDiversityWelcomeFranceUncomfortableBritainLibyaMilitary ForceSnuffMali Author:David Cameron
“Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism.” BelieveStatesEnoughAmericaLawFightingInterestPracticeTrumpRepublicanConsequenceIllTerrorismCoreIslamicLaw EnforcementEnforcementInterventionLibyaNational InterestsIslamic StateIslamic Terrorism Author:Tom Cotton
“We've seen what happened in Libya, what a disaster that's been driven by Hillary Clinton, and the disaster in Syria and almost disaster in Egypt. What a close call that's been. We're not out of the woods yet with Egypt.” HappenedClintonWoodsDrivenDisasterSyriaEgyptLibyaClose Calls Author:Jeff Sessions
“I'm going to be specific so you can render your verdict. Let's go to North Africa, she was the chief engineer of the disastrous overthrow of [Muamar] Qaddafi in Libya. Libya today after Hillary Clinton's grand strategy? Their economy's in ruins. There's death and violence on the streets, and ISIS is now dominating that country.” CountryTodayEconomyViolenceStreetsStrategyClintonRuinsChiefsEngineersIsisLibyaDominatingVerdictNorth Africa Author:Chris Christie
“Did Hillary Clinton short-circuit when she advocated for the overthrow of Muamar Gaddafi and Libya is now an Islamic State stranglehold?” StatesClintonIslamicCircuitsLibyaIslamic StateGaddafiShort Circuit Author:Rudy Giuliani
“It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in Eastern European countries as well as in countries like South Korea, South Africa, Chile and Indonesia. However, if possible, the use of force is something to avoid except in cases where genocide is threatened, like Bosnia or Libya or with regimes that threaten our security, like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.” IfsYearsWellsHas BeensCountryUseWould BePastPoliticalForceMistakeCasesDemocracySuccessfulSecurityHugeSouthPeacefulAbandonGenocideRegimesSouth AfricaThreatenedSaddamEasternHusseinPromotionKoreaIndonesiaTalibanLibyaChileEuropean CountriesBosniaUse Of ForceSouth KoreaPolitical Change Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“At no time in the past, now or in the future has or will Russia take any part in actions aimed at overthrowing the legitimate government. I'm talking about something else right now - when someone does this, the outcome is very negative. Libya's state is disintegrated, Iraq's territory is flooded with terrorists, it looks like the scenario will be the same for Syria, and you know what the situation is in Afghanistan.” KnowsLooksDoeStatesGovernmentActionPastTalkingSituationRight NowNegativeIraqTerroristRussiaOutcomesTerritoryAfghanistanSyriaScenariosLibyaLegitimate Government Author:Vladimir Putin
“We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties.” KnowsCountryPoliticalPartyElectionColonialismPolitical PartiesLibya Author:Al-Saadi Gaddafi
“Libya is a great country, a respectful country, and the Libyan people are great people.” PeopleCountryRespectfulGreat PeopleLibyaGreat Country Author:Al-Saadi Gaddafi
“I will return to Libya and undertake my duties and obligations to bring equality within the chaos.” DutyReturnChaosObligationLibya Author:Al-Saadi Gaddafi
“I think we ought to use the same formula that we used when we took out Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. We have unique resources that no other country has, especially in the air. Intelligence and the ability to find where things are. I think the governments need to get together, because this is getting very serious.” ThinkingNeedsCountryUseGovernmentTogetherUsedAbilityAirMilitarySeriousOughtUniqueResourcesIraqFormulasOther CountriesGet TogetherLibya Author:Dutch Ruppersberger
“I think what Mr. Trump has made clear is that he would not undertake optional wars, what I have called wars of choice, a la, say Iraq in 2003 or Libya, for the purposes of transforming another country. It's not clear whether Hillary Clinton, if she were to have the opportunity, would do such a thing again or whether she would have taken a - the lesson from both Iraq and Libya that we ought not to be undertaking those kinds of wars of choice.” IfsThinkingKindMadeWarCountryPurposeChoicesOpportunityTakenClearOughtTrumpLessonsClintonIraqTransformingUndertakingsLibyaOptional Author:Richard N. Haass
“[Donald Trump] actually advocated for the actions we took in Libya and urged that [Muamar] Gadhafi be taken out, after actually doing some business with him one time.” ActionTakenTrumpOne TimeLibya Author:Hillary Clinton
“It's important to understand the origins of ISIS were in the chaos of Iraq and Libya, and the origins of Al Qaeda were in Afghanistan.” ImportantChaosIraqAlsAfghanistanIsisAl QaedaLibya Author:Jill Stein
“I mean, our disaster in Libya also unleashed enormous amounts of armaments. We are the world's leading arms dealer, arming all sides everywhere. And have we made the Middle East a more secure place? We're only making it more desperate, more catastrophic and more violent.” WorldMeanMadeSidesMiddleArmsAmountEastDisasterViolentEnormousSecureDesperateMiddle EastDealerLibyaUnleashedArmament Author:Jill Stein
“There's a lot of expectation in the Middle East that post-Obama there will be a sort of tougher U.S. line on Assad, there will be more intervention and so forth. But I don't know if that's going to be fulfilled. If there is more intervention, then I think it's going to go the same way as these other interventions that we've seen in Iraq, we've seen, to a degree, in Syria, we've seen in Libya, you know, that they do really badly. They make bad situations worse.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayLinesSituationMiddleDegreesExpectationsIraqEastPostsMiddle EastFulfilledSyriaInterventionLibyaAssadBad Situations Author:Patrick Cockburn
“We need to push our border across the Mediterranean - hoping that Libya can find a new balance as soon as possible.” NeedsBalanceBordersLibya Author:Matteo Salvini
“Libya, more than anyone else's war, was Hillary Clinton's war.” WarClintonLibya Author:Julian Assange
“Libya, more than anyone else's war, was Hillary Clinton's war. Barak Obama initially opposed it. Who was the person championing it? Hillary Clinton. That's documented throughout her emails.” PersonsWarClintonEmailLibyaBarak Obama Author:Julian Assange
“[Hillary Clinton] had put her favoured agent, Sidney Blumenthal, on to that; there's more than 1700 emails out of the thirty three thousand Hillary Clinton emails that we've published, just about Libya.” ThreeThousandClintonAgentsThirtyEmailLibya Author:Julian Assange
“There's more than 1700 emails out of the thirty three thousand Hillary Clinton emails that we've published, just about Libya. It's not that Libya has cheap oil. She perceived the removal of [Muammar] Gaddafi and the overthrow of the Libyan state - something that she would use in her run-up to the general election for President.” StatesUseRunningThreePresidentThousandElectionClintonOilThirtyEmailRemovalLibyaGeneral ElectionsGaddafiMuammar Gaddafi Author:Julian Assange
“In late 2011 there is an internal document called the Libya Tick Tock that was produced for Hillary Clinton, and it's the chronological description of how she was the central figure in the destruction of the Libyan state, which resulted in around 40,000 deaths within Libya; jihadists moved in, ISIS moved in, leading to the European refugee and migrant crisis.” StatesFiguresLateDestructionCrisisMovedClintonInternalsDescriptionDocumentsRefugeeIsisTickLibyaMigrantsTockTick Tock Author:Julian Assange
“Not only did you have people fleeing Libya, people fleeing Syria, the destabilisation of other African countries as a result of arms flows, but the Libyan state itself err was no longer able to control the movement of people through it.” PeopleCountryStatesAbleResultsMovementArmsFlowSyriaLibyaFleeing Author:Julian Assange
“Libya faces along to the Mediterranean and had been effectively the cork in the bottle of Africa. So all problems, economic problems and civil war in Africa - previously people fleeing those problems didn't end up in Europe because Libya policed the Mediterranean. That was said explicitly at the time, back in early 2011 by [Muammar] Gaddafi: 'What do these Europeans think they're doing, trying to bomb and destroy the Libyan State? There's going to be floods of migrants out of Africa and jihadists into Europe, and this is exactly what happened.” PeopleThinkingTryingSaidWarEndsStatesProblemFacesHappenedEconomicEuropeCivil WarBombsBottlesFloodLibyaMigrantsFleeingEconomic ProblemsCorkGaddafiMuammar Gaddafi Author:Julian Assange