Places/place
Libya
2016-10-11, 1 mention2017-01-31, 2 mentions2017-02-07, 1 mention2017-02-21, 1 mention2019-09-08, 1 mention2023-09-25, 1 mention2023-10-22, 1 mention2023-12-01, 1 mention2024-12-21, 1 mention2025-04-12, 1 mention2025-06-21, 1 mention2025-09-13, 1 mention2025-11-22, 1 mention2026-03-21, 1 mention2026-06-27, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He almost never treats Libya as a place with its own story — it's an item in a running list of countries the US bombed or regime-changed and then walked away from, alongside Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan 24:41 47:44 31:28 16:38 7:33 39:31. The line he repeats is that these interventions destabilized the region and sent refugees flooding into Europe, which he blames for the continent's rightward political shift, and he calls Libya outright a failed state 53:41 8:43 55:50 7:33.
The one time it isn't part of that policy indictment, it's a punchline — he lists Libya alongside Yemen as the kind of extreme, unglamorous destination he wishes "young professionals" would vacation in instead of the usual honeymoon spots 1:01:51. Even in a discussion nominally about Iran, Libya still only shows up as the earlier cautionary example proving regime change doesn't work 47:34.}<br>{
Every Reference (16)
"no one knows who the rebels are Nobody knows why we went into Libya. Nobody has any clue and then it's like well you don't you won't"
Drone Wars, Debate Time Limits, and Obama Birther Photo Origins — The October Surprise+56s into the segment"Africa. Maybe it was one. I don't know but supposedly it was Because Libya Syria Iran Iraq Lebanon Lebanon Yemen whatever yeah seven countries"
"motivation for us to act in certain situations? Why are we going in Libya? unless you buy this humanitarian shit, which I kind of never have."
Trump's Trade Complaints and the Anti-Semitism Third Rail — Depths of Self-Deception+135s into the segment"fucking rare earth minerals or whatever. Look at what Hillary did to Libya. Yeah. in Haiti, Haiti. Haiti. It's unconscious. In Syria."
Getting Away With Murder If You're Hollywood, and Student Loan Inflation — Torching Bridges (with David Angelo)+275s into the segment"influence people in the White House to go into places like Syria, Libya, they have an agenda, and that that is another reason, and that"
"do want you to do that I do want young professionals going to Libya I do want them going to Yemen out you want me to listen you a brunch"
Learning Through 'Extreme' Vacations: Yemen, Flint, and the Cruise Ship — 164 - Life In The Big City+49s into the segment"we went around pursuing this crazy policy of like regime change in Libya in Syria all these places that have sent boatloads of people into Europe"
Migrants Complaining They Can't Eat American Shelter Food — K5 & Digidog | The Tim Dillon Show #362+78s into the segment"nah because we were we were going into Syria getting rid of the Libyan State and the Syrian State meanwhile Isis is running around Syria"
America Always Needs an Enemy — Knuckleheads & Dodo Birds | The Tim Dillon Show #366+59s into the segment"we went into these places right we went into Iraq we went into Libya you know we have issues with in Syria um we funded Saudi Arabia"
"ignore like Iraq Afghanistan Libya like all the things that we've tried to do and failed miserably at democratizing the Middle East"
America's Track Record of Foreign Interventions — The Joe Rogan Experience | The Tim Dillon Show #422"They like Ukraine. They like Israel Gaza. They like Syria. They liked Iraq. They liked Afghanistan. They liked Libya. And they'll like Yemen."
Neocons, Iran, and the Forever War Machine — Stay At Home Summer & Being A Good Guest | The Tim Dillon Show #439+27s into the segment"__ ] knows what's going on in Iraq. Syria is being run by ISIS. Libya is a failed state. You got 90 million people in Iran. It's not"
Regime Change Track Record: Taliban, Iraq, Libya, and Beverly Hills Persians — Waiting For War & Negotiations Under Fire | The Tim Dillon Show #449+126s into the segment"Gaza, but we need the Iranian regime move now. We need to bomb Libya. I mean, Syria and and and uh you know, all of these places right"
Why Netanyahu Needs War With Iran Now — The Silencing Of Charlie Kirk | The Tim Dillon Show #461+64s into the segment"of a country. You're out. Knock them over. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria. So what happens? We get rid of these governments because"
The Post-9/11 Regime-Change Playbook — The Epstein Files & Thanksgiving In Syria | The Tim Dillon Show #471+61s into the segment"changes at places like Syria that they didn't pay attention to or Libya or things like that. It's sending floods of refugees and destabilizing"
How Empires Actually Fall: The Iran War as Strategic Blunder — Bibi, Genghis Khan, & The Decency To Stay Home | The Tim Dillon Show #488+285s into the segment"countries and we saw that happen in in Iraq, Afghanistan, in Syria and Libya. All of these were were, you know, wars of choice for the United"
From Anti-War Populism to Invading Iran — Donald Trump’s Endgame | The Tim Dillon Show #501+49s into the segment