Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pakarutanga o te pakanga ā-iwi o Libya i te tau 2011, i uru atu a Te Hononga o Amerika ki tētahi
te whakauru hōia ki te pakanga, te āwhina i ngā whakakeke anti-Gaddafi me ngā whakaeke rererangi ki te ope taua o Libya. I te angitu o te hurihanga me te whakahekenga o Gaddafi, i kii te Perehitini o Amerika a Barack Obama ko te United States "i whakapau kaha ki te iwi o Libya" me te oati ki te hoa mahi mo te whanaketanga o te kawanatanga hou o Libya.