solletica
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Right...because we absolutely hated Mubarak, right? And we threw out Gaddaffi - someone who had been cooperating with us just a few months earlier - just for fun, is it? It's not as black and white as you're making it out to be.
First of all, when referring to the actions of the US government, it's inaccurate to use the term "we." We the People and the US government are two distinct entities. The former represents us, and the latter works for hedge funds, oil firms, and corporations.
Second, although the US government may have had friendly relations w/Mubarak, Mubarak was never endangered by any opposition the US didn't like. In other words, Mubarak's departure did not endanger the interests of any Neocon/oil CEOs.
Gaddafi, OTOH, was always seen as an unreliable terrorist by the US government.