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In reply to the discussion: Military "intervention" in Libya. THIS is what you get. [View all]Bucky
(55,334 posts)Gaddafi brought in thugs and mercenaries from the south to attack the Arabic people rising up against him. He used the natural callousness toward other races of black Libyans and mercs from Chad and other nations to further his regime. Now the same racial callousness found among ethnic Arabs is striking back at the wrong enemy. The enemy is xenophobic and uneducated thinking--and Gaddafi had a policy of suppressing education and encouraging tribal divisiveness.
I mean, obviously it's heart breaking and morally unconscionable. But the seeds of ethnic resentment are often sewn and germinated by totalitarian regimes. This same thing happened in Yugoslavia, Chechniya, Indonesia... dozens of regions in the world. Men with guns do horrible things and nations that live under dictatorships encourage horrible men. Moammar Gaddafi continues to kill his own people from beyond the grave.