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joshcryer

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30. Sure. But you contended that they "disproportionately made up the fighters...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:05 PM
Sep 2012

...who took down Ghadaffi."

Yet we know that the fighters in Benghazi and the east never broke through Adjabiya until until near the end of the war!

I do not disagree that islamist elements that are still festering after the war still exist in Libya or that even they were fighting in some respect against Gaddafi (if only because they wanted revenge for being suppressed).

I consider them counter-revolutionaries and not representative of the vast majority of the Libyan revolutionaries who overthrew Gaddafi.

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Yeah, they gunned down harmless diplomats. Really brave. nt/ Akoto Sep 2012 #1
Same could be said of US drone attacks which kill innocent civilians. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #12
Most do. joshcryer Sep 2012 #16
Nothing excuses murdering diplomats. Two wrongs do not = right. n/t Akoto Sep 2012 #18
"Not all of Libya supports their government." Of course not, but if the attackers were foreigners pampango Sep 2012 #19
These are the jihadists we called 'revolutionaries' when NATO claimed to be sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #2
Sabrina 1, I tend to agree with your take on the situation. The same might be said about lumpy Sep 2012 #26
If true, points to AQ reconstitution inside post-regime change Libya - bad omen for US ops in Syria. leveymg Sep 2012 #3
The "jihadist groups" were and remain a small minority in Libya. joshcryer Sep 2012 #15
The jihadist groups disproportionately made up the fighters who took down Ghadaffi, which is why leveymg Sep 2012 #23
Do you have a citation for that? joshcryer Sep 2012 #25
Chris Stevens set up camp in Benghazi not in Misrata or the Berber areas. leveymg Sep 2012 #27
Sure. But you contended that they "disproportionately made up the fighters... joshcryer Sep 2012 #30
"Regime change comes with costs." The fall of dictators, tsars and kings does come with costs. pampango Sep 2012 #21
I wouldn't view Libya so much a revolution as a change in US/NATO installed gov't. leveymg Sep 2012 #24
i wonder what those who say it was because of the stupid movie will say about this. uppityperson Sep 2012 #4
That stupid movie was shown to a grand audience of 10 people. IT was and is only a pathetic Vincardog Sep 2012 #5
It was the narrative of its contents dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #6
Funny that. I heard that the violence was in response to the killing of the #2 AQ. The "movie" Vincardog Sep 2012 #7
The protest was a diversion from the real attack. That was planned and coordinated in leveymg Sep 2012 #9
If the Salaafist clerics on an Egyptian broadcast had not done the broadcast dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #11
Forced choice. Igel Sep 2012 #13
"Claiming responsibility" is the sort of bluster all terriorist / insurgent groups engage in... reACTIONary Sep 2012 #8
Is Al-Qaeda actually responsible or just taking credit? Tucsonric Sep 2012 #10
Which # 2 fun n serious Sep 2012 #14
There'll be a new #2 next week. Frank Cannon Sep 2012 #22
Now people can shut the fuck up about dismantling the First Amendment. nt Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #17
It was pretty obvious.. sendero Sep 2012 #20
I was listening to Amb. Rice this morning glacierbay Sep 2012 #28
I sure hope they have their facts right or walk this back really fast. dkf Sep 2012 #29
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