12/12/2021
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"It is just excruciating to watch the Libyan people attacked by their own government, with all the powerful machinery of the Libyan military."
"I am one of those who believes that, absent international authorization, the United States, acting alone, would be stepping into a situation whose consequences are unforeseeable."
"We want American help. We remember America was with us when we became independent in the 1960s."
"But there is no doubt in my mind that if they see an opportunity, just as they saw an opportunity in Somalia, as they have seen an opportunity in Yemen, they are going to do what they can to influence..."