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Originally posted by michael1983l
reply to post by Nikola014
serbia is a good nation full of good people. Especially a certain Alexander Kolarov.
Originally posted by Nikola014
Originally posted by michael1983l
reply to post by Nikola014
Come again... Europe..... You do know what NATO stands for don't you? Northen Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Canada and the USA are two of its biggest members, but of course Europe must be to blame.
Yea,but we already know that USA and Kannada had done some really "nasty" things...
Originally posted by paraphi
So, you have repeatedly expressed your dislike of NATO. Therefore your OP is designed to support that worldview. Is this your point, that NATO is the root of all evil?
To be fair, Gadaffi and his autocratic regime benefitted no one but himself, his family and a small “elite”. He was a nasty man. His removal from office is of great benefit to the world.
NATO is acting under a mandate, originally conceived by the African Union. There are no NATO ground troops on the ground and no evidence that NATO policy has changed.
Libya will doubtless be somewhat chaotic, but perhaps not as bad as some people seem to hope. After all, the areas the rebels have so far captured have remained peaceful. Tripoli may be more complicated, but maybe not.
I am more optimistic. I like NATO. I like the idea of removing autocracies and dictators. I can think of a few more.
Regards
Originally posted by dario86
Lets put it simple:
MSM and NATO are ok with saying that it would last much longer without their help.
Also they don't mind saying that Gaddafi handed out millions of rifles and ammunition.
But here is problem...to whom did he give weapons? Who would resist to rebels for years and years? Only army? I doubt it. If it was really whole nation raising against the regime they could not stop it. Crazy dictators don't hand out guns to people! Specially if people are supposedly raising against them.
It points to that large portion of country and people are loyal to Gaddafi. That being said why did NATO back up rebels? WHO IS NATO to pick sides and attack countries? How is killing civilians helping them? How is destroying of infrastructure helping them?
In most countries of the world we have ruling parties and opposition. Should other NATO countries attack US if democrats win elections? Should NATO back up every opposition? Now you can argue that Libya doesn't have multiparty system but lets be honest and admit that neither do we have. Most of the countries have 2 main parties that make no difference.
For example i would understand backing up of Egyptian revolution because whole nation was united but that is not the case in Libya.edit on 24/8/11 by dario86 because: grammar