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A lot has been written and said recently about the United States’ position with respect to the Libyan government’s conflict with its people. The situation on the ground is near levels of full-scale civil war. And after this weekend, it appears Col. Moammar Gadhafi is taking back what many rebels captured in the initial throes of this campaign.
 
That’s unfortunate, and I would argue certainly not in the best interests of the U.S., nor for stability in the region. Concepts of “the devil I know …” are continuously brought up when comparing the tyrant to what could replace him in that leadership vacuum.
 
But the potential for terror far outweighs any downsides of a leaderless Libya, at least in my mind. And for these reasons, the United States should begin to get more engaged in the region. A few reasons:

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