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Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Today on DU I learned that Gaddafi was trying to make Libya a better place and Hillary... [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)21. Not just Libya, but all of North Africa.
He was making it a better place by using Oil Money to undercut the IMF and World Bank
usurious "loans" collateralized by the country's Natural Resources (like water).
The IMF and World Banks had lusted for the riches of North Africa for years, but were blocked by Gaddafi and the oil money.
So, never to miss an opportunity, they Piggy-Backed on the legitimate Arab Spring to join an ongoing Civil War in Libya on the side of the Black Flag (Al Qaeda) terrorists in order to take out their obstruction, and turned the most progressive country in North Africa into another Failed State run by Islamic Fundamentalists who ave already instituted Sharia Law.
For all his dictatorial megalomania, Gaddafi is a committed pan-African - a fierce defender of African unity. Libya was not in debt to international bankers. It did not borrow cash from the International Monetary Fund for any "structural adjustment". It used oil money for social services - including the Great Man Made River project, and investment/aid to sub-Saharan countries. Its independent central bank was not manipulated by the Western financial system. All in all a very bad example for the developing world.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD27Ak01.html
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD27Ak01.html
The USA Freedom & Democracy Bombs don't seem to be working, do they.
Another WAR,...and we create another Failed State run by Radical Islamists.
You think we would learn.
BTW: The Freedom Bombs used by the USA in Libya killed many more Libyans in 2 months than Gaddafi had killed in the last 10 years.
Didn't Gaddafi understand that it is OUR job to kill the Muslims?
The BEST avenue for the USA at this point is to leave that entire part of the World alone,
come home and take care of OUR dirty linen.
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Today on DU I learned that Gaddafi was trying to make Libya a better place and Hillary... [View all]
hrmjustin
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Can't speak to it and probably should not because of juries but his post today
hrmjustin
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#38
They don't have much to promote their candidate since they are both pushing the same issues
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I understand not wanting to go to war there bbut the reaction against Clinton here is ridiculous.
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i know who you are 4alking about and i thanked him for his opinion and said good night.
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#59
I think their candidate would be horrified by his supporters' behavior here
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