Libya not another Iraq, Lord Hague tells MPs
1/19/16

The UK did not repeat the mistakes of the Iraq war with its intervention in Libya, former foreign secretary Lord Hague has said.

It was "different" because there was no lack of planning following the ousting of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.

"We had plenty of planning but no power to implement the plans," he told the foreign affairs committee.

He said Colonel Gaddafi was to blame for the "sorry state" state of the country now.

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Really? Let's see what other claims he's made in the past, since I'm not really familiar with this particular maggot.....
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William Hague: UK intervention not responsible for Libya migrant crisis
4/21/15

Ukip leader Nigel Farage said on Sunday it was “the European response that caused this problem in the first place, the fanaticism of Sarkozy and Cameron to bomb Libya”.
But Mr Hague, who was foreign secretary during the intervention in 2011, said this morning it would be “wrong to think that whatever’s happened in Libya in the last few years is the cause of this”.
He added on BBC Radio 5live: “Let me remind you of something as well, which is that when Colonel Gaddafi was still in power, there were periods when he simply allowed people to do exactly this, to get into boats and try to go to Europe – that was one of the ways in which he put pressure on Europe. So I don’t think that is the change in this situation; I think this is a problem that goes well beyond Libya.

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William Hague: Libya is 'a tremendous success story'
7/16/12

Mr Hague also pledged that the UK would continue to provide support to the country and expected strong relations to remain between the two nations.

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Libya: Where William Hague got it wrong

Like all little men, William Hague is a protagonist, eternally searching for a front to hide behind, an excuse for his sad little existence and a cover for the extreme unpopularity of his Tory party. And like all protagonists, William Hague has jumped the gun.

Time after time after time, that whiny, tinny little voice on TV, that self-righteous tone of the British northerner-cum-toff (it never quite comes off, does it?), claiming that "Gaddafi" used weapons against innocent civilians, that NATO is there to defend civilians against a "dictator" and that "Gaddafi must go". Now just who the Hell is this...freak...to say anyone should go, in their own country? What kind of imperialist arrogance is that, coming from this apology for a man?

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