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No DUplicitous DUpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:36 AM Original message |
Some Questions About Libya |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Resolved... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I think some of your posts fly over the heads of rather a lot of DU'ers. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's DU's problem.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Asking for good information is not the same as |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Those aren't neutral requests for information... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I made no claim for neutrality and in fact, given that we know |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It is, in other words... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. So, interfering with the wargasm is "trolling"? Okay. nt |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. I don't think it's that easy to find answers to those questions |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'd have hated to see people like you posting on the internet in 1989-1992 |
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No DUplicitous DUpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You know, some people feel war is a brutal and barbaric way to effect change... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Gaddafi's attacks on his people were brutal and barbaric |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. +100 |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. The UN air attacks on the Libyans weren't brutal & barbaric? |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yes, the UN air attacks on the Gaddafi forces were brutal and barbaric |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Not as much as Gaddafi's, no (nt) |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 06:55 AM Response to Reply #38 |
58. NATO jammed radio stations and dropped leaflets. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Who started that war again? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. You noticed that got lost in all of this... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. UN/NATO/USA will not intervene in Syria |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. LETS OUTLAW WAR!!!!111!!! Come on, man, don't be silly. nt |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Why not? Some types of war ARE in fact "outlawed" |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Its silly to say it is unnecessary and to oppose it in all instances. If only we lived in that world |
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razorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have many of the same questions. Deposing Qadaffi is only the beginning for Libya. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. +10 |
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al bupp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Sure here's some hopeful signs... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. You should ask those same questions about the 40 |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. do you have direct experience with Ghaddafi's rule? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Your questions actually make no sense in the context |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Wow |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
57. thanks for the link |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. This is bound to turn out badly, if for no other reason than |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. indeed-- this war is another propaganda masterpiece |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Ever hear Navarro in NPR? She is embedded with the "rebels"/CIA |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Al Jazeera has been one of the worst offenders. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
59. Because it's true... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Wrong The propaganda has been thick and fast from both sides. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. You sound like Moussa Ibrahim. Not Walter Cronkite... |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks-- I have many of the same questions and it is hard to get those answers |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. If you want non Western coverage of this and of Libya, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Al Jaz has a conflict of interest that has been obvious in their coverage |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. They are still better than the others and |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Libya has been really tough to follow because both sides have |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. True and as with all war situations, it may be months |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. and what would you suggest to be a fair coverage? The Venezuelan State TV? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. And a very nice Monday to you, too. nt |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here's the real question... |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Democracy like what's emerging in Egypt? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'm thinking that there could be tribal conflict or |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That doesn't work with our own congress, you figure it will work |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I have hope that they aren't as stupid as us. Frankly, Ghaddafi |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Well said. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. One of the great ironies of the Libyan civil war.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I didn't know that. That is ironic.n/t |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Will rebels rebel against the rebels? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Depends. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. Very good questions! Especially the second paragraph... |
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court jester (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. you went and injected some sanity into the debate, such that it is, or was- (or never was...) |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. LOL! I don't smoke, but things are so surreal anymore that |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. Another question is how a bunch of incompetent screw-ups who |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. not to mention the fact that US participation is blatantly illegal and Obama just flat-out ignored |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Much of DU disagrees with you, but in an ironic way ... |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. I find... |
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No DUplicitous DUpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Re: the bitter disappointment shining through every line in that post |
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