Obama’s ‘good war’ turns sour

Published September 5, 2013 4:00am ET



President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are promising a quick, limited attack on Syria, with “no boots on the ground,” and no entanglements. Clean. Antiseptic.

That makes it a good moment to check out President Obama’s last war of choice — Libya. Of course, we had last fall the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi. But how’s the rest of the country faring?

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