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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:34 PM Original message |
Gaddafi calls UN resolution 'blatant colonialism' |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. With Gadaffi being an unrepentant murderer, it's hard to give a damn what he says. |
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wavygravy (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. IRAQ Redux.. |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. This is indeed about one thing and one thing only...OIL! eom |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The big difference is that Saddam was not at war with his own people. |
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wavygravy (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Um..the Kurds.. |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Absolutely - his secret police were rightly feared, |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. And why wasn't he slaughtering them anymore? |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. "Had there ever been an open rebellion against him..." |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. But it didn't happen at the time the U.S. and its allies invaded. |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. What happened? The UN imposed no-fly zones |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Christ on a crutch do some DUers ever need to pick up a history book. (nt) |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. The casus belli against Saddam was manufactured. Against Gaddafi it was not. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Libya has had US and EU oil corporations freely operating there since at least 2004 |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Thanks for pointing that out |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. It's not just about being allowed to operate, for oil companies |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Fact: Those oil corporations are losing money now (& could completely lose their investments... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. And you carry on with your rose colored glasses. n/t |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Weak sauce retort which doesn't take into consideration the facts that have been presented |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Uh no. Iraq had two no-fly zones form 1991 to 2003 |
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micraphone (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. And I call what you are doing "genocide" Colonel |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. IRAQ 2 |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. What? |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. This 'next stop Iran' thing has been out there for a while |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. Never any love lost for this no-gooder, but... |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The interest is stopping Qaddafi from slaughtering his own people, much like Milosevic. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Like Iraq. Oil has nothing to do with it. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. See post #6 |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It's amazingly how ridiculous knee-jerk some people can get |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. +1 (nt) |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. 2!! n/t |
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wavygravy (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Whether you approve of the operation or not, |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Has President Obama formally declared war against Libya? |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. potentially the supermacy clause |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. I think you've covered all of them |
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faz (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Historically I agree with Gaddafi here |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. so, you agree with a psychopathic murderer? |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. And while Sarkozy |
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