# The Libyan Revolution: Was it worth it?

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**Created:** [May 19, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-libyan-revolution-was-it-worth-it/688697 "2014-05-19T00:04:09Z")\
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> [@Simplicio](#):
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> Quaddafi was going to die one way or another in the near future. Its possible there would’ve been a peaceful transition afterwards, but u don’t think its particularly likely. So I suspect the main effect of the revolution was just to push a lot of inevitable violence forward a few years.

Would you have said the same thing about Iraq?

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