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In reply to the discussion: Facts about Libya under Gaddafi that you probably did not know about ! [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)Numerous offers for peace and to prevent the carnage were made by Qaddafi and rejected. And yes, the west did fund and even train Libyan 'rebels' to 'protest' and force the Libyan gov't to react. Peaceful protesters with legitimate concerns were used as an excuse to introduce the barbarians who hung Qaddafi loyalists in the street, burned them alive, kidnap, rape and torture them along with Africans who'd been let in to Libya to work for decades.
Libya was one of the '7 countries in 5 years' on the hit-list.
I still remember the glee here when the 30 some billion he'd been using to support the independence of the rest of Africa and improve the lives of, was frozen by Obama. It was rah-rahed that his 'personal wealth' was being taken - complete bullshit just like the rest of it all.