>>>>>Back in the eighties Bill Casey had a "regime change" plan for Libya but wasn't allowed to let it out of the box. It was quieter than all this bombing but Libya would have been Ghadaffi-less real quick.
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>>>>Connected to the mid-eigthies bombing or something entirely different ?
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>>>Do you mean our bombing of Libya ( the louder option ) or his Lockerbee bombing?
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>>Meant your bombing - he was not nailed, but exposed himself less afterwards...
>>But was not really a silent operation.
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>Yeah, that one was kind of loud but it did get his attention in a public way. But once we had his attention, my understanding is there were some more private messages to him that some of his behavior would have to change dramatically. Buckley's death in Beirut mobilized a lot of the kind of "diplomacy" that went on after 9/11. Messages of serious intent. I think the bombing was just the loud part.

A thing I remember clearly from that was breakfast TV opening with news just in and TV of someone with half their head blown off. The newsreader apologised but I thought that is exactly what we should see. If we are going to take these actions everybody should be in no doubt about the price being paid.