Knee-jerk meets policy

this is the very definition of a knee-jerk reaction. What does our Libyan policy havein common with a knee-jerk?

1. it’s autonomic: without conscious thought or reasoning
2. it’s an uncontrolled spasm
3. it could trigger an uncontrolled, uncontrollable series of equally uncomcious responses
4. it’s unconnected to a strategy, a plan, a vision of the future
5. it’s a response to outside unplanned stimuli
6. it’s entirely predictable
7. it will happen again in the same way if there is no change to the central nervous system

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