Gaddafi’s killing taught autocrats to avoid disarmament and crush uprisings.

Evidence

For many other world leaders, especially but not only the autocrats, these shocking images offered a few lessons. First, if you have weapons of mass destruction—don’t give them up. Second, foreign powers will use legitimate or apparently legitimate uprisings as an excuse to push their own agendas. And finally, whatever you do, don’t let this kind of uprising win—unless you want to end up like Gaddafi. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 243

Categorization

• XREF: Complements the book’s earlier discussion of why Arab regimes chose violent repression over accommodation with protesters. — connects to: Gaddafi’s death taught autocrats to keep WMDs and crush uprisings

Broader Connections

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