What the latest Libya debacle tells us about U.S. and Israeli indifference to Libyan lives

The U.S., U.K., and Qatar had facilitated a meeting between Libyan and Israeli officials in Vienna in 2004. Yet the United States pressed Libyan leaders to find a way to normalize relations with Israel. Doubling down on the dishonesty, Israeli officials claimed that the Americans did not protest Cohen’s actions. Israel, in endangering Libyan officials and threatening to spark unrest, was acting with characteristic bad faith. The United States, however, is ultimately responsible, again, for risking lives in Libya.