What the fuck is this shit about America leaving them with no way to feed themselves? Those countries were in Desert Storm for their own interests. Not because of some American bribe, a promise of war spoils or food (though I get the strong suspicion that you are referring to the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but are just confused. And also wrong about the US leaving them guns and no way to feed themselves). Libya was the only one of the countries you mentioned that the US bombed. Libya also has fuck all to do with Al-Qaeda. The plane being blown out of the sky by Gaddafi that Luger187 referred to occured in 1988. You know, 22 years before this No Fly Zone that you claim incurred the incident. Al-Qaeda is not this humanitarian organisation you think it is. They don't feed the people, all the profits they make go to buying weapons and furthering their plans for terrorist attacks. They in no way opened banks, ranches, and general stores. Unless you are getting confused again and referring to the Taliban, who did those things yes, but only for their own profit. They also starved, raped, and murdered their own peoples.