The fighting in Tripoli isn't even over yet.

[LadyLeigh]

Shouldn't we perhaps wait until, say, there are no longer explosions, machine guns and tanks in the city before we throw a party? :shrug:

Maybe we should also wait until the bodies are counted to determine how huge that party should be...

[shoutinfreud]

1. Well, also, just cause Tripoli is taken don't mean this war is over.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. So you are telling the people in Tripoli not to celebrate?

The disaster you predicted has not happened by the way... and right now they have control of 80 to 80% of the city...

[LadyLeigh]

7. When we get number on the body count we can argue over disaster or not...

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Low intensity warfare leads to dead bodies

but you predicted total war, that leads to tens of thousands of bodies, if not millions. Yes there is a difference...

I don't expect you to get it either.

[LadyLeigh]

10. "tens of thousands"

may or may not be a realistic figure. We will see.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. 1500 is the number floated so far

sorry to disappoint you.

[LadyLeigh]

13. To me that is quite a large number.

May or may not get larger.

And to accuse me of being "disappointed" is quite an insult.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Alas in the reality of warfare it is not

actually casualties have been quite low.

Alas you wanted, or predicted total war... it has not occurred.

Total war does not lead to this.





Now this is what total warfare looks like



None was celebrating.

[EFerrari]

19. You're messing with their wargasm. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

3. Are you trying to tear down the 'Mission Accomplished' banner ? n/t

[librechik]

4. wait--didn't you sese the atmosphere of "fix is in" and "done deal?"

These little things like a stable local government are all mere details.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Why wait? The economy is in the tank, no jobs, Obama needs a win.

[Brother Buzz]

6. The Libyans are throwing the party

:shrug:

[thewiseguy]

9. Miss Gaddafi much?

First you said the Tripoli takeover was going to be a catastrophe and now you are upset that Libyans are throwing a party? :shrug:

[Solomon]

12. lol

You know what the deal is.

[LadyLeigh]

14. ...

[thewiseguy]

17. I was not holding my breath for a response anyway

In fact I do not even know what your point is. The battle for Tripoli is not over yet so I am right and it will indeed be a catastrophe?

You practically opened an OP to tell us how you were soooo right (even though you are not) and you expect a respectful exchange?

[pinboy3niner]

18. You missed a rule...

Do not say that you are hitting the alert link to report another member. You are permitted to tell someone that you are adding them to your ignore list, provided that you actually do so.

[LadyLeigh]

20. thanks. I indeed overlooked that.

Edited my post, for what it's worth.

[dtexdem]

16. That's fine. The people in Tripoli are throwing their own parties themselves.

They don't really need your help.

And they're the ones who may have family members among those bodies in the streets, so they can deal with that part, too.