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Originally posted by youwouldknow
I still dont understand what is exactly going on over there. People are trying to oust gaddafi because he is "corrupt"?
It is not because he is corrupt
Originally posted by Mike_A
reply to post by confreak
It is not because he is corrupt
It’s a dictatorship where it is explicitly illegal to oppose the government, how is that anything but corrupt?
Some claim US is a dictatorship.
Dictatorship doesn't mean corrupt
Sounds like the direction of another country that I happen to live in.
Originally posted by Mike_A
reply to post by confreak
Does that make Libya any less of a dictatorship where opposition to the government is routinely quashed and legally punishable by death?
If not then I don’t see the relevance; whatever the reasons for the NATO intervention Gaddafi is not the good man the OP video seems to wish to portray.
I would very much say that it does, the words may not be synonyms but I can’t see any real world dictatorship without corruption; meaning the abuse of power for one’s own gain.
The Libyan government does not have any mandate from the people, it exists because it took power by force and uses its position to put down dissent; that is corrupt.
Would you accept a situation like in Libya, where you had no means of removing your leader from power, where opposition to the government was illegal, where the media was not free criticise the government, where political opponents just disappeared?
I’m not defending the media hype or bias concerning Libya but this whole “long live Gaddafi” stuff is just as bad.
Really, and you got that information from the same media that complete created fabricated lies to justify the war?
That's your own greedy mentality which makes you think that way. Maybe you need to open your mind a little bit.
Really? That's corrupt? I thought corrupt meant dishonest to gain money or wealth.
Qaddafi wasn't a dictator, he listen to hist people.
So who is corrupt? US government or Qaddafi?
You are focusing on the negatives, how about talk about the positives.
Compare that to your own fascist government where people are being assassinated for speech, and others have vanished for telling the truth about the government.
In the other hand, millions have been imprisoned, thousands homeless, including war veterans, the major corporations who run the puppet show take all the money, even steal the money through bail out plans in the hands of their puppets, the people loose their jobs.
For god sakes, Libyans didn't even have to work, 40% didn't want to work, they got their money straight in their bank accounts.
Originally posted by Mike_A
By the way, you didn’t answer my question, would you accept a situation like in Libya, where you had no means of removing your leader from power, where opposition to the government was illegal, where the media was not free criticise the government, where political opponents just disappeared?
Originally posted by 13th Zodiac
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So is this man a mad butcher of his own people or what ? People are so quick to judge and follow the first thing they hear.