Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
It looks like the same has happened in Libya, with us removing a secular sob, followed by religiosi moving into the vacuum.
Throughout the Islamic world, their fundamentalists are often the first organized component to emerge from a chaotic situation. They have a clear ideology, a ready-made framework for governance, and credibility with those who take their religion seriously. It is little wonder they are often first off the mark.

Our failure to accurately account for this, despite repeated lessons, does annoy me.