As Libya Implodes, “Smart Diplomacy” Becoming a Punch Line

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An unexploded mortar at Tripoli Airport. © Getty Images

A Job Well Done

As Libya Implodes, “Smart Diplomacy” Becoming a Punch Line Walter Russell Mead

The United States is pulling embassy staff out of Tripoli, and has issued a travel advisory that nicely outlines what a nightmare Libya has become. If Obama were a Republican, the press coverage of this stinking corpse of a policy flub would be quite different.

Published on: July 26, 2014

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