Bush Invades Libya

Hashasheen

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WI instead of invading Iraq, he invaded libya?
it held large oil resources,anti american leader, and is connected closely to islamic extremisim.
how would it pan out?
would the focus go from Afganistan to Libya with all those juic egyptian jihadists?
would the proof of actual WMD research bolster bush?
discuss
 
WI instead of invading Iraq, he invaded libya?
it held large oil resources,anti american leader, and is connected closely to islamic extremisim.
how would it pan out?
would the focus go from Afganistan to Libya with all those juic egyptian jihadists?
would the proof of actual WMD research bolster bush?
discuss

You need two PODs.

1. Settle down Saddam. At this point in time he's shooting at US planes on a weekly basis. Confrontation was almost inevitable.

2. Fire Libya up. Reigme change had been US policy in Iraq since the 92'. Invasion was a moderate step forward. Libya? Totally off the radar.
 
You need two PODs.

1. Settle down Saddam. At this point in time he's shooting at US planes on a weekly basis. Confrontation was almost inevitable.

I was under the impression that Iraqi-US tensions over the no-fly zones had actually decreased by the time the plans for the US invasion came up.
Wasn't it more of a 90s theme, where Saddam kept shooting at US planes?
 
WI instead of invading Iraq, he invaded libya?
it held large oil resources,anti american leader, and is connected closely to islamic extremisim.
how would it pan out?
would the focus go from Afganistan to Libya with all those juic egyptian jihadists?
would the proof of actual WMD research bolster bush?
discuss

You'd actually need quite a few PODs to make this happen. Libya was one of the first "rogue states" to come into the American fold post-September 11, and there is some evidence that Qaddafi wanted to do so well before. Furthermore, invading Libya poses definite strategic problems, such as it's location near Egypt and Sudan.
 
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