Reply #23: Yes, I saw that when I was looking thru the data. I think it was rated "1"...

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1 being the lowest. I think that's reprehensible. Just like I think Obama's abrogation of human rights, on a regular basis, is unconscionable.

I was wrong not to include that stat in my OP because someone was bound to imply that I was making Ghaddafi out to be a saint. He wasn't.

But, IMO, the NATO attack had nothing to do with a yearning for "democracy"(sic) on the part of the people of Libya. Ghaddafi royally pissed off western banking/financial interests. So he had to go. Just as Sadaam had to go.


Edit: to clarify antecedent, i.e., "this" to NATO attack.