https://x.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1865954933909930116
As propaganda campaigns go, the memory-holing of NATO's 2011 wet job on Libya, when NATO used Islamist extremists as foot soldiers in nation-shattering, is one of the scariest. Forgotten fast, like Men In Black memory zappers. Barely registers as a reference point for Syria.
https://x.com/aktep/status/1865989450007716225
The Libya case was so blatant and devastating in its consequences, merely reading the wiki page is enough to give one pause. Hysterical atrocity propaganda overblown by Western NGOs (African Viagra-fueled rape squads), bait and switch tactics (no-fly zone -> close air support
https://x.com/aktep/status/1865989476910010633
for rebel forces), blatant disregard for international law (the resolution did not allow for boots on the ground). It was a sign of things to come.