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Following President Trumps Thursday comments, its worth noting that former President Obama called the African country of Libya a shit show just two years ago.

The comments were recorded in an interview with The Atlantic. The wide-ranging interview was based on Obamas foreign policy over his eight years in office. During one portion of the interview, Obama said described Libya as a mess to the interviewer but behind closed doors called the country a shit show.

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According to the Atlantic:

So we actually executed this plan as well as I could have expected: We got a UN mandate, we built a coalition, it cost us $1 billion which, when it comes to military operations, is very cheap. We averted large-scale civilian casualties, we prevented what almost surely would have been a prolonged and bloody civil conflict. And despite all that, Libya is a mess.

Messis the presidents diplomatic term; privately, he calls Libya a shit show, in part because its subsequently become anISIShaven one that he has already targeted with air strikes. It became a shit show, Obama believes, for reasons that had less to do with American incompetence than with the passivity of Americas allies and with the obdurate power of tribalism.

The comments received little coverage when made public at the end of Obamas term.

Food for thought.

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