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originally posted by: IShotMyLastMuse
he has lots of speeches worth watching.
I still don't know how i feel about the guy, there is a ton of evidence he was going good things for his people, by giving houses to homeless people, keeping taxes low, bringing water to the desert...
my humble hunch is that "someone" didn't like his idea to introduce a common currency for all africa, the dinar.
selling/buying petrol would not be done with us dollars if he had his way.
History as we all know is written by the winners...but they might not have won honestly...
originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: Kapusta
It worked didn't it! He turned over his nuclear program and we didn't even know he had one!....
originally posted by: anticitizen
gaddafi never was a problem.
he only got a problem from the time he wanted to get rid of the petrodollar.
look what the country has become now after the west's intervention...
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: anticitizen
gaddafi never was a problem.
he only got a problem from the time he wanted to get rid of the petrodollar.
look what the country has become now after the west's intervention...
Don't be stupid!
Libya has a a dozen Aircraft carrier task forces along with a fleet of 5th gen fighter craft and a projection force capable of landing a invasion force on US soil!!!!!!! They had to go!
/sarc
There was once a Lion who came across three bulls: a red bull, a white bull and a black bull. The Lion tried to attack them but because they were strong together he decided to bide his time. He befriended the bulls and told them he was protecting them. One day he called the Red Bull and the Black Bull and said ”My friends I am really concerned for you.” “Why?” they asked. The Lion responded “The White Bull represents a threat to you; he stands out with his complexion and he is going to make you a target for other predators and hunters; the lives of both of you at risk, let me eliminate him.” The Red Bull and Black Bull agreed, after all the Lion was their sincere friend and King of the Jungle. The lion attacked the white bull and, because noone came to his help, he was defeated. The lion ate him. A few weeks went by and the Lion called the Black Bull over and gives him the same speech ”The Red Bull represents a threat to you by attracting attention, let me eliminate him and you will be safe.” The Black Bull agreed; he was a friend of the King of the Jungle so who cares about anyone else….So he allowed the Lion to kill and eat the Red Bull. A few days later the Lion confronted the Black Bull and said “Now it is your turn”…The Black Bull finally realised his mistake and said, ”I was killed the moment the white bull was killed."
originally posted by: Sublimecraft
a reply to: Kapusta
Gaddafi had known he was on the "wests" radar since 1981 when Reagan got in. The bombing of the disco in Berlin in 1986 and the US militarys subsequent Operation El Dorado Canyon the same year set the precedent for his eventual downfall.
On the 21st December 1988, the gloves came off and Gaddafi was most certainly marked for eventual death.
Oh, and Gaddafi was also fiercely anti-Israeli and supported violent groups aligned against Israel - another commonality with middle eastern despots taken out by the west..
originally posted by: jimmyx
this guy was insane....go read some of the hundreds of accounts of how he treated his own people....anyone defending this psychopath is naïve to say the least