Trump -- again -- reverses Libya position

Washington (CNN)
Donald Trump reversed his stance on U.S. military intervention in Libya on Sunday, saying he would have authorized "surgical" strikes to take out strongman Moammar Gaddafi -- even though he'd previously said the world would be better with Gaddafi in power.

"I didn't mind surgical. And I said surgical. You do a surgical shot and you take him out," Trump said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

It was a notable change from the position he'd staked out at a Republican presidential debate in Texas in February.
"We would be so much better off if Gaddafi would be in charge right now," Trump said then. He has also hit Clinton over the U.S. intervention in Libya in his stump speech.

It's the second time Trump has reversed his position on Libya. In a 2011 video, Trump said that "on a humanitarian basis, immediately go into Libya, knock this guy out very quickly, very surgically, very effectively, and save the lives."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/05/politics/donald-trump-libya/index.html

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