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[[Libya]] had been under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] since 1969. The United States broke relations in 1981 and considered Libya a state sponsor of terror after a series incidents culminating in the mid-air bombing of Pan AM Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland in 1988. Libya had a WMD program. Western powers laid out a series of demands to be met to re-establish normal relations. By 1999, Muammar Gaddafi had a change of heart, as aged dictators sometimes do. Gaddafi began thinking about his legacy. Did he wish to be remembered as a killer? or as someone who really had the best interests of his people at heart. This is the actual substance of diplomacy and negotiation-the job of the Secretary of State, to pursuade lunatic dictators to think about such things rather than use force in every situation. Gaddafi began complying, step-by-step, with Western demands in order to be welcomed back within the "community of nations". Gaddafi renounced terrorism and gave up his WMD. He paid reparations to the families of victims of Flight 103; he publicly condemned the [[September 11 attacks]] . Trade was restored. Gaddafi became the model Western powers used to encourage other corrupt dictators such as Bashar Assad or Kim Jong-il that they could remain in power, enjoy trade, and live in peace with the international community.

[[Libya]] had been under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] since 1969. The United States broke relations in 1981 and considered Libya a state sponsor of terror after a series incidents culminating in the mid-air bombing of Pan AM Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland in 1988. Libya had a WMD program. Western powers laid out a series of demands to be met to re-establish normal relations. By 1999, Muammar Gaddafi had a change of heart, as aged dictators sometimes do. Gaddafi began thinking about his legacy. Did he wish to be remembered as a killer? or as someone who really had the best interests of his people at heart. This is the actual substance of diplomacy and negotiation-the job of the Secretary of State, to pursuade lunatic dictators to think about such things rather than use force in every situation. Gaddafi began complying, step-by-step, with Western demands in order to be welcomed back within the "community of nations". Gaddafi renounced terrorism and gave up his WMD. He paid reparations to the families of victims of Flight 103; he publicly condemned the [[September 11 attacks]] . Trade was restored. Gaddafi became the model Western powers used to encourage other corrupt dictators such as Bashar Assad or Kim Jong-il that they could remain in power, enjoy trade, and live in peace with the international community.

Then Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton divided the [[NATO]] treaty organization against itself to organize a coalition of a few member states.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillarys-war-how-conviction-replaced-skepticism-in-libya-intervention/2011/10/28/gIQAhGS7WM_story.html </ref><ref>http://www.europeaninstitute.org/index.php/130-european-affairs/ea-august-2011/1417-lessons-of-libya-for-future-western-military-forays </ref> President Obama, who has always been  reluctant to use force, was persuaded to come along. "Humanitarian concerns" were identified, and the "values that we stand for".<ref>[https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41725.pdf Operation Odyssey Dawn (Libya): Background and Issues for Congress, ''Congressional Research Service'', March 30, 2011, p.15 (p.19 pdf).</ref> Gaddafi was brutally and inhumanely murdered, an eye tore out beforehand, sodomized with pipes and objects, and dragged behind vehicles while still alive in the name of the "values that we stand for".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoRGeCa9uQ&spfreload=10 </ref> Nuclear armed dictators such as Kim Jong-il witnessed how Gaddafi had been lied to and double-crossed by Western powers. Decades of negotiation were lost with him, his father, and his grandfather, to persuade North Korea to give up its WMD,nukes and ballistic missile programs, return to the community of "civilized nations", and to live in peace and harmony by simply trusting the United States chief negotiator, the Secretary of State.

Then Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton divided the [[NATO]] treaty organization against itself to organize a coalition of a few member states.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillarys-war-how-conviction-replaced-skepticism-in-libya-intervention/2011/10/28/gIQAhGS7WM_story.html </ref><ref>http://www.europeaninstitute.org/index.php/130-european-affairs/ea-august-2011/1417-lessons-of-libya-for-future-western-military-forays </ref> President Obama, who has always been  reluctant to use force, was persuaded to come along. "Humanitarian concerns" were identified, and the "values that we stand for".<ref>[https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41725.pdf Operation Odyssey Dawn (Libya): Background and Issues for Congress, ''Congressional Research Service'', March 30, 2011, p.15 (p.19 pdf).</ref> Gaddafi was brutally and inhumanely murdered, an eye tore out beforehand, sodomized with pipes and objects, and dragged behind vehicles while still alive in the name of the "values that we stand for".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoRGeCa9uQ&spfreload=10 </ref> Nuclear armed dictators such as Kim Jong-il witnessed how Gaddafi had been lied to and double-crossed by Western powers. Decades of negotiation were lost with him, his father, and his grandfather, to persuade North Korea to give up its WMD, nukes and [[ballistic missile]] programs, return to the community of "civilized nations", and to live in peace and harmony by simply trusting the United States chief negotiator, the Secretary of State.

The brave new world Hillary built in Libya soon descended into chaos. The jihadi elements Hillary and Obama equipped and funded turned their U.S. supplied weapons on American territory, the Embassy at Benghazi. Our former "moderate rebel" allies - [[al-Qaeda]] elements - did to the American Ambassador the same thing that happened to Gaddafi before the Ambassador was murdered.<ref>http://www.aina.org/news/20120913165253.htm </ref> All this was occurring on American soil only 56 days prior to the U.S. 2012 Presidential election where the slogan was "Bin Laden is dead, GM is alive, and al Qaeda is on the run."

The brave new world Hillary built in Libya soon descended into chaos. The jihadi elements Hillary and Obama equipped and funded turned their U.S. supplied weapons on American territory, the Embassy at Benghazi. Our former "moderate rebel" allies - [[al-Qaeda]] elements - did to the American Ambassador the same thing that happened to Gaddafi before the Ambassador was murdered.<ref>http://www.aina.org/news/20120913165253.htm </ref> All this was occurring on American soil only 56 days prior to the U.S. 2012 Presidential election where the slogan was "Bin Laden is dead, GM is alive, and al Qaeda is on the run."