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Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,143 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2025, 11:42 AM Jun 22

someone is telling me Obama striking Libya is a precedent for Trump and Iran. Is that close to the truth?

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OK DU Hive mind.... [View all] Dyedinthewoolliberal Jun 22 OP

A NATO coalition UpInArms Jun 22 #1

Not condoning this strike Fl_life Jun 22 #2

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jun 22 #8

Not quite. Precedent went as far back as Wilson and Hoover haele Jun 22 #3

And before that with Ted Roosevelt in Haiti, the Philipines, Cuba. marble falls Jun 22 #4

Oh... Fl_life Jun 22 #5

Libya was a PNAC'er wet dream regime change... WarGamer Jun 22 #6

Obama made a few strikes that are similar to this one Dreamer Tatum Jun 22 #7