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CJCRANE

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1. Thanks to Cameron and Hollande

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2015, 12:46 PM

Jan 2015

for taking the lead in another disastrous neocon/neolib foreign adventure.

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At least 20 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2015 OP

Thanks to Cameron and Hollande CJCRANE Jan 2015 #1

Or maybe blame the actual people who are doing this oberliner Jan 2015 #2

They're picking up from where the Somalis in NE Kenya left off. Igel Jan 2015 #3

There's enough blame to go around. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #4

Here's to prosperous dictatorships! oberliner Jan 2015 #8

Here's to imperial interventions, failed states, and jihadi hotbeds! Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #19

The Libyan civil war was going to happen with or without "imperial interventions" oberliner Jan 2015 #20

I am sure the ones Ghaddafi Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #26

And the rest of the Libyans? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #31

Oh yes Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #32

Everyone knows the answer to those questions cosmicone Jan 2015 #27

Compared to murderous anarchy, yes. Scootaloo Jan 2015 #28

" jihadi crazies" ? Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #25

Come now, how can you make sense like that and be taken seriously? nt 7962 Jan 2015 #6

Remember, mere foreigners can't ever have agency of their own Posteritatis Jan 2015 #7

There is a concept called cause and effect. CJCRANE Jan 2015 #13

Human beings are responsible for their own actions oberliner Jan 2015 #15

Yes. However, financiers are also responsible for the work of hitmen. CJCRANE Jan 2015 #17

Yes. And our actions in Libya didn't turn out so well, did they? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #21

Astounding how hard it is for people to grasp that, isn't it? Posteritatis Jan 2015 #30

The West supported the extremists CJCRANE Jan 2015 #11

...^ that 840high Jan 2015 #22

+1 cosmicone Jan 2015 #5

Another post in praise of dictatorships oberliner Jan 2015 #9

What has been the result of the West's interventions in this century? CJCRANE Jan 2015 #10

The Libyan people attempted to overthrow this dictatorship on their own oberliner Jan 2015 #16

We've seen crackdowns against protesters all over the world CJCRANE Jan 2015 #18

And people here would be cheering it Posteritatis Jan 2015 #29

Lesser of two evils n/t cosmicone Jan 2015 #12

I do not see Cosmicone's post in praise of ANYTHING . pangaia Jan 2015 #33

I never thought I would think this way...but I agree with you. Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #23

Do we have to hear every crime or atrocity ? Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #14

They had a list & checked IDs? What contractor were they working for? sounds like the IS ransom gang Sunlei Jan 2015 #24

This is a fact that many choose to ignore question everything Jan 2015 #34