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Vattel

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29. If persons who were relatively secure from attacks before the revolution

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 08:51 AM

Feb 2012

are now being attacked by thugs, that is a reason to think that replacing Ghadaffi was a wrong decision. There may be countervailing reasons to think replacing him was a good decision, but don't pretend that the posted facts are irrelevant to assessing the wisdom of NATO's intervention.

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Military "intervention" in Libya. THIS is what you get. [View all] Bonobo Feb 2012 OP

Kick Bonobo Feb 2012 #1

These are the thugs that Gadaffi was keeping under control until sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #2

Just more "bad apples". You can't judge based on that... Bonobo Feb 2012 #3

Behavior is always judged. LanternWaste Feb 2012 #39

Gaddafi, who called blacks "sluggish" and "backward," and who blackmailed EU with opening... joshcryer Feb 2012 #4

Well, Gaddafi is gone now. It is weird that you have such anger over racism and bigotry but Bonobo Feb 2012 #5

Arguments based on "good guys" or "bad buys" are too shallow to refute. eom boppers Feb 2012 #11

Boppers, thanks for chiming in but... Bonobo Feb 2012 #12

You created a non-existent contradiction in #5. boppers Feb 2012 #16

If persons who were relatively secure from attacks before the revolution Vattel Feb 2012 #29

They were the thugs before. boppers Feb 2012 #34

This is a bit like comparing an uncle who tells racist jokes.. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #31

No, it's like claiming the 60's were better than now. boppers Feb 2012 #35

This is also the result of Gaddafi exacerbating race relations. Bucky Feb 2012 #37

I am sorry, but you are mistaken completely. That was the early propaganda we were sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #41

Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows EFerrari Feb 2012 #6

And then, there's the destabilizaton of Western Africa. EFerrari Feb 2012 #7

The naivet� about this intervention being for the people of Libya reminds me of... Bonobo Feb 2012 #8

My favorite piece of naivete is how the sock puppetry of the Libya fiction is so glaringly obvious EFerrari Feb 2012 #9

I tend to stay out of these discussions, but... Kaleko Feb 2012 #10

Please explain how is this not racist. boppers Feb 2012 #17

You are so far off in left field, there is no point. Bonobo Feb 2012 #20

What is the frog. What is the scorpion. boppers Feb 2012 #23

What do YOU think it is? Bonobo Feb 2012 #28

I think you are implying that Lybians are both the scorpion, and the frog. boppers Feb 2012 #33

It's not racist. We're all scorpions at least a little bit. Bucky Feb 2012 #38

Nope. Bonobo Feb 2012 #40

Oh, another post from that unbiased Russian website - RT tabasco Feb 2012 #13

Facts are facts are facts. No matter where they come from. Are you ending the story? nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #14

Here is a video showing the ethnic cleansing mentioned in the article. Hard to deny video. Bonobo Feb 2012 #15

A Ghaddafi supporter stronghold was emptied and burned... boppers Feb 2012 #18

It doesn't sound like you watched the video. Bonobo Feb 2012 #19

I watched it for a while. boppers Feb 2012 #21

Jesse Jackson Jr. called it ethnic cleansing Bonobo Feb 2012 #22

The 'Gadaffi lovers', the 'Saddam Lovers' 'The Osama Bin Laden Lovers'. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #43

The hypocrisy is amazing WonderGrunion Feb 2012 #24

Seems pretty consistent to me. Bonobo Feb 2012 #26

And now Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #25

And now the Libya interim government is demanding Bonobo Feb 2012 #27

Fuck war. Seriously, it is so seldom worth the harm that comes from it. Vattel Feb 2012 #30

Thanks. That is basically what I want to say. Bonobo Feb 2012 #32

Wow...didn't see THAT one coming.... Taverner Feb 2012 #36

"This is what you want, this is what you get" Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #42