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Not "as bad". Much worse.
Libya was the most prosperous country in Europe and promised soon to become as prosperous as European. In time it could peacefully turn into democracy - Gaddafi's sons had more european democratic mindset and Libya was ALREADY the most civilized and least oppressive of the muslim countries.
Now Libya is a poor, half-destroyed shadow of its former self. It is not only thrown 40 years back, but became second Somali - a pure chaos, where government will control just few regions of one city, while others are swarming with terrorists. Is it worth spreading democracy? Replacing a reasonable dictator with savage gangs of fundamentalists?