Libyans lob grenades, storm NTC office in uprising cradle

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22. Gainsaying flak

Her contention is that "the Libyans" were overwhelmingly against Qaddafi to such an extent that their opinion is effectively unified. That's just hogwash, and pointing out the inability of their insurrection to survive without massive assistance is a legitimate argument to sustain that, don't you think?

To constantly pat oneself on the back and repeat the party line that everyone hated him is simply not sustained by reality, and to continually make fatuous proclamations about what "they" want, as if they're a homogeneous group, is deceptive, incorrect and self-aggrandizing.

Are you seriously going to contend that less people were killed in our on-the-cheap bit of imperialism than would have if he'd been left alone to reclaim Benghazi, Derna and Tobruk? None of us knows, but the interventionists have a sickening habit of having all the answers and stacking hypothetical deaths against actual ones.

Qaddafi was no saint, but he did do many good things for his people and for sub-saharan Africa. I'm sure the average darker-hued Libyan would have a thing or three to say about that.