Right, Putin lost a lot of money in the Libya deal.

Russia just seems to be less altruistic than the United States whose charitable expenses in Libya were as follows:

According to the Pentagon, that was the cost to U.S. taxpayers for Muammar el-Qaddafi's head: $1.1 billion through September, the latest figure just out of the Defense Department. ...

The final totals will take some time to add up, and still do not include the State Department, CIA, and other agencies involved or other NATO and participating countries. Vice President Joe Biden said that the U.S. "spent $2 billion total and didn't lose a single life."  (http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/for-the-us-war-against-qaddafi-cost-relatively-little-11-billion/247133/)

Compared to such a bill on the US third simultaneous front alone, Russia does seem to be poor...

But, hey, can we all be rich and famous?

And Qaddafi was such a nice guy. His people will miss him.

A few more nice guys to go:

Should keep this thread busy throughout another Spring.

So you're in favor of keeping all police states in power? Or just those hostile to the West?

A dictator is a dictator and supporting them in once own backyard while crying blue murder elsewhere is called?

Hint:

And a hypocrite criticizes only Americans and remains silent about the slaughter committed by his friends.

Then

A TNR Symposium on Syria: Why Libya Isn’t a Model

With the civilian death toll in Syria climbing ever upwards, commentators are increasingly suggesting that Washington and its European allies cobble together a military alliance to depose President Bashar Assad, using as a model the mission against the regime of Muammar Qaddafi. But such optimism overlooks the vast differences between today’s Syria and last year’s Libya. From a superior military to a larger and more entrenched base of support, the Syrian regime possesses many advantages Qaddafi lacked. Those set on intervening would do well to heed the differences. 

"Regarding the Iran - Iraq War, the only thing I regret is that both sides can't lose". 

"An Iranian moderate is one who has run out of ammunition". 

- Henry Kissinger