Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Starting with the legendary Trojan War, history is filled with last stands that reveal not so virtuous decisions and that have ended in military and political disasters. Encouraged by thoughtless vanities and selfish ambitions, some last stands have even backfired bringing death and destruction to the antagonists and perpetrators. Like the Trojan War, which many historians and archaeologists are discovering is not that mythical after all, the recent invasion and occupation of Libya by NATO-U.S. forces-through Libyan rebels-may also prove to be more costly than potential gains. Even now as Libya’s interim government and its military forces,…
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Libya and About Those Last Stands