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Though the mere stagnation of the 2011 conflict in Libya already indicates failure, the damage this mission can cause to the principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is even worse. Independently of whether the initial objective of stopping the possible massacre in Benghazi was achieved, and the Gaddafi regime could soon fall, it can already be said that military intervention in Libya will not be remembered as the positive precedent that the defenders of the R2P were looking for. On the contrary, it will appear as a case in which some Western powers abused their mandate in order to carry out objectives not agreed upon.