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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:53 PM Original message |
Rebels Flee Key Libyan Town |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. So who are the Koch bro's equivalent suppling the arms money? |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. well quadaffi is a thug |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. He united Libya and gave it the highest standard of living in Africa, among other things |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Let me know the last time a US president had a popular uprising against him. |
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Bosonic (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. 1861? |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. ugh |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. We are not a nation of tribes |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. WTF, you are siding with Gaddafi? REALLY? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's too early to say anything is better than "that thug". |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. At least in a neo-liberal pseduo-democracy one can criticize the government without being jailed. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. and that criticism will have the net-effect of what, precisely? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh, you. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Yeah, that was me. Wait, what now? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well, remember the FBI raids on those peace activists? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Deleted message |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. LOL, you must support Mugabe, too. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What about regime change in Iraq? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In Iraq, excluding Kurdistan, there wasn't a rebellion there in 2002. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Rebellions can be in the eye of the beholder |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Did you know that Libya had the highest standard of living in Africa? |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Is that GDP? If it is a lot of that is oil money and doesn't filter down. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Link to Human Development Index |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Ever wonder why Chad and Niger have a really shitty HDI? |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 05:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Can you respond more clearly? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Gaddafi had reportedly funded violence in those two countries. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. You still aren't making sense. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. be a bit more forgiving, certain people became supreme experts on this subject only very recently |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The learning curve is high for all of us outside Libya |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Actually, I did know that, I think it is irrelevant. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. There's irony in this statement: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Of course, and I am ashamed of America for that. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I stand corrected |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Considering how little of the very interesting backstory to this intervention is getting any media |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. You should not place much weight on the HDI alone. |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Yeah, sure, keep on removing my messages for no reason. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Gaddafi is a dictator and has been for forty years, if the people of Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen, |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. there's a steep learning curve for insurgent warfare |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Libyan rebels fear fresh attack on Ajdabiyah |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
36. UN Chief Calls For Immediate Ceasefire In Libya |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You cease fire first, then I'll cease fire |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Well, the 'rebels' rejected any notion of a ceasefire last week - I don't expect that to change |
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