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In reply to the discussion: For all the cheerleaders who thought overthrowing Qaddafi was such a great idea [View all]JI7
(89,289 posts)49. yeah. from my point of view I wouldn't call Libyan under gaddafi
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For all the cheerleaders who thought overthrowing Qaddafi was such a great idea [View all]
eridani
Jan 2015
OP
Utter chaos and dissolution of any national identity was always a part of the plan for Iraq, Libya,
kelliekat44
Jan 2015
#1
You aren't a troll but your attempt to drag Iraq into the argument is a FAIL.
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#79
The Republicans were playing their part in the game, that's all. Most of them
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#110
There was no 'air massacre of his own people' by khaddafi. that's the right wing
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#97
He said that he would do that -- should we have waited until it actually happened?
karynnj
Jan 2015
#126
I would love to believe you, but I read the accounts of what we were doing while they happened
karynnj
Jan 2015
#86
The supposed 'massacre' was a response to interference by foreign powers and rebels.
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#102
Qaddafi threatened to kill everyone in the city "like rats" before ANY foreign power intervened
karynnj
Jan 2015
#122
US generals planned to kill citizens in the streets as an anti-ussr measure. They can do
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#133
got a little list, have you? i noted a few things about you too, but i can't say them.
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#143
I blocked your mail. If you have a question, feel free to ask it publicly.
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#101
That's what we were told. A whole lot of people, around the world, knew better.
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#103
Not for a national government but many want our government to act as a liberal individual might act
pampango
Jan 2015
#121
what we might want is irrelevant. our government doesn't do what we want for the
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#148
"Morality doesn't have a goddamn thing to do with any of it ..." It should. That's my point.
pampango
Jan 2015
#153
Potentially admirable is not a core foreign policy driver I have the slightest interest in.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2015
#38
Rwanda is often used as the counter example of where "we" could have intervened
karynnj
Jan 2015
#82
Because if we don't no one else will? It's about time others stepped up to the plate...
L0oniX
Jan 2015
#96
So if 2% want overthrow and 98% don't or are apathetic, that's a popular uprising?
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#109
Libya was already independent. When it comes to insurrection it depends on your point of view
CJCRANE
Jan 2015
#46
With dictators controlling large, modern armies I am not sure that the definition of "popular" that
pampango
Jan 2015
#30
Liberals should not give dictators a pass as long as his army and security forces remain loyal.
pampango
Jan 2015
#67
and the west props them all up, and has for a long time. authoritarian governments
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#146
The US propped up Latin American dictatorships for more than a century. And the
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#155
A No Fly Zone would not be warranted against a dictator on the basis of large crowds demonstrating
pampango
Jan 2015
#77
"These countries were targeted for war" and long ago and we knew it. PNAC, PNAC.
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#112
Hawaii didn't become a state until the 50s either. Not sure what your point is.
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#120
Nothing ever works right unless the people that live in a given area do it
The2ndWheel
Jan 2015
#130
we loved AQ then, and in Syria (heck, Israel's upping its support for Nusra), but only south of the
MisterP
Jan 2015
#136
Disastrous, huge mistake but keep angering people..it works out so well our foreign policy. n/t
Jefferson23
Jan 2015
#139