Thread: NATO never goes for a dictator that doesn't turn against them first

Originally Posted by Xei

Pretty sure it was the Libyans that turned against Gadhaffi. Preeetty sure about this.

Pretty sure that many people have attempted to rise up against dictators that were friendly with our government and got repressed by death squads trained at the "school of the americas". Preeetty sure about this.

So your "argument" is pretty much pointless. The US provided assistance to the Lybyan rebels. Why didn't they provide assistance to e.g. the Sandinistas?