[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5872]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN LIBYA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, 5 years after the United States 
removal of Libyan dictator Qadhafi, Libya is a dangerous mess.
  U.S. policy was simple: remove the country's dictator, then get out 
of town. Now there is chaos. The U.S. gave its blessings as arms were 
shipped into the Libyan tinderbox. Then Libya quickly exploded. Now 
Libya is a state of perpetual anarchy, civil war, and death.
  Al Qaeda and ISIS have since infiltrated Libya, exploiting the power 
vacuum United States policy created. At least 6,500 ISIS fighters 
control over 150 miles of the coast. ISIS will not stop in Libya. They 
are using the Libyan base as a hub from which to create mayhem across 
North Africa.
  To be clear, the United States has no plan when it comes to Libya. 
Libya is another example of an overall weak and indecisive U.S. foreign 
policy. Meanwhile, more terror by ISIS and evildoers will continue.
  And that is just the way it is.

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