Wait, it was OK to kill Saddam but it's not OK to kill Gaddafi to free repressed people?

[DainBramaged]

Let's see, both are dictators (yup) both killed their own people (yup) and both have oil the US wants (yup)


What's wrong with this picture?

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. Libya has oil, while Iraq..

..hey, wait a second....

[al_liberal]

2. Gaddafi didn't try to kill GHWB?

Saddam tried to kill my daddy.

[MindandSoul]

3. Obama is not Bush, thank God!

[Buzz Clik]

4. You need to take a deep breath and go for a walk.

You seem to forget where you are posting. This is DU. We didn't think it was okay to kill Saddam.

[joshcryer]

5. Bush violated the UN resolution to attack and had to get conggresional approval.

Obama is fulfilling the UN resolution to impose a NFZ and protect citizens.

[former9thward]

11. The U.S. pushed the resolution.

You are acting like Obama is being forced to participate. Other countries, like Germany, are refusing to participate.

[Posteritatis]

14. You misspelled "France and the UK pushed the resolution" there. (nt)

[former9thward]

25. The Washington Post thinks I spelled it right.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-actions-may-speak-louder-than-words/2011/03/19/ABVWsZx_story.html

[joshcryer]

19. Patently false, the US was the last to sign on, only after the Arab League initiated...

...did the US do anything.

I assure you that the US will be taking such a backseat role here that most people will forget that the US is even involved in this international effort.

[former9thward]

24. Publicly the U.S. did not want to be seen initiating an attack on a third Muslim nation.

"But U.S. diplomats were key in broadening and securing a United Nations resolution authorizing military force in Libya, and U.S. military power proved essential Saturday in preparing the battlefield for a no-fly zone to be enforced by European and possibly Arab nations." http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-actions-may-speak-louder-than-words/2011/03/19/ABVWsZx_story.html

[Arctic Dave]

6. Why aren't we lobbing missiles at Saudi Arabia.

Or Bahrain.

[WatsonT]

9. Or North Korea

or Egypt earlier.

Or Zimbabwe.

[DainBramaged]

17. When was the last news report about Bahrain?

And who has more oil?

[joshcryer]

20. I have corrected this nonsense so much I don't think I can go on.

[DainBramaged]

26. If you are a supporter of war, create a I LOVE WAR thread and we who don't won't participate

because you ain't changing our minds pal.

[joshcryer]

32. Maybe because it's all dishonest garbage pretending to masqurade as geniune debate.

[WatsonT]

7. Couldn't one easily reverse that statement?

People that were against the Iraq war are now "rah rah rah" for invading Libya.

Hell yeah! Liberate them there foreign types! USA USA!

I guess "neither" isn't an option.

[Casandra]

8. No!

No, it wasn't ok to kill Saddam, it wasn't ok to slaughter all those innocent Iraqis. It wasn't ok to destroy their country.

IT'S NOT OK to kill Gaddafi and it's not ok to kill innocent Libyans. It's not ok to begin the destruction of Libya...in the name of 'what'???

None of this is ok! What's wrong with the picture? Lots of things wrong. Im sure if you open your eyes you can see all of them...and let me warn you...it's pretty ugly!!

[Critters2]

10. Who said it was okay to kill Saddam?

I see both actions as wrong.

[NotThisTime]

28. I was wondering the same thing....

[Distant Observer]

12. Ask NELSON MANDELA about the difference. He may know something

''Those who say I should not be here (in Libya) are without morals. I am not going to join them in their lack of morality.''

Mr. Mandela said that he had spent 27 years in jail rather than abandon his principles and that he felt the same way about his debt to Colonel Qaddafi for his support in the struggle against apartheid. ''This man helped us at a time when we were all alone,'' Mr. Mandela said.



But what does he know.

[Canuckistanian]

13. Are they specifically targeting Ghaddafi for death?

I never heard that. I thought this was a no-fly zone action.

That means no flying weapons platforms and destruction of Ghaddafi's airbases.

Who's targeting Ghaddafi?

[former9thward]

27. If they are attacking his command and control structures

it is reasonable to think Gaddafi may be killed. I doubt they are going to broadcast exactly what targets they are going after.

[LWolf]

15. It wasn't okay to kill Saddam.

At least, it wasn't okay with me.

None of the "war on terror" had my approval.

[ixion]

16. +1

[leftstreet]

22. +1

Saddam and his sons

Sick, sick war porn for the western powers

:puke:

[NashVegas]

31. And Another

[jaysunb]

18. Both are wrong, if that's the plan.

If his own people don't kill him, he'll be before the World Court pretty soon now. There aren't many opitions for him.

As for your original question, this is not a unilateral move against some guy that pisses you off, this is the whole world saying, " we ain't havin it."

Apples and oranges....

[DainBramaged]

21. He doesn't piss me off, why would you say that?

Most of these guys don't piss me off, it's the jackasses in this country that piss me off.


(sound of Jeopardy buzzer)


wrong.

[jaysunb]

33. My reference was to GWB

not you. :evilfrown:

[unkachuck]

23. there were no....

....nationwide prolonged demonstrations against saddam by the Iraqi people, bushco and their driving corporate interests for war were always suspect and the ME was not in the throws of historic self-democratic change....

....should we continue to support a tyrant over his people? Power to the People!

[EFerrari]

29. If I can't feel self righteous while we bomb the shit out of people

I don't want to think about it.

[SolutionisSolidarity]

30. It's better executed this time.

We must of carved up the proceeds of this adventure really nicely to get so many to agree to it. That's the Democratic difference; we are for competent military expansion.