Assumptions Quote by Crispin Blunt

Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II.

— Elliott Abrams

Our lack of understanding of the institutional capacity of the country stymied Libya's progress in establishing security on the ground and absorbing financial and…

— Crispin Blunt

The story goes on in the sense that at a most basic level, the United States ignored, that is violated, the United Nations charter…

— John Burroughs

“No one was lying when, in 2011, the UN demanded that the Libyan government respect the human rights of its citizens, even though the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Foreign policy is painstakingly difficult, and if there is to be anything gained from the experience in Libya, it is how not to conduct…

— Pete Hoekstra

For 47 years, the U.K. has been forced to follow rules set by Brussels bureaucrats, many of whom have never set a foot on…

— Alok Sharma

As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be…

— Earl Blumenauer

On all basic points our policies have proved correct from the very beginning.

— Mao Zedong

Libya is still a mess right now.

— Barack Obama

After 23 June 2016, the U.K. has to reorient national policy on many dimensions.

— Dominic Cummings

Libya stood as a source of stability in volatile northern Africa in 2011. The administration turned it into a failed state that exposed southern…

— Pete Hoekstra

The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected; if the…

— James Monroe