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Originally Posted by blankall
I wouldn't go as far to say the West has "propped up" Gadhafi. The USA had pretty stringent economic sanctions placed on Lybia until 2004.
What occured after 2004 was more of a normalization of relations, but I wouldn't describe it as "propping up" in any way, shape, or form
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Thats true, but one has to wonder why the sudden warming of relations. I think $4/gallon of gas had something to do with it.