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Gaddafi? what has he done wrong all of a sudden?

OnexOneOnexOne Posts: 3,816
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Hi folks, watching the news over the past few days, its got me thinking, what has this guy done wrong all of a sudden, well i mean whats changed?
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  • artnadaartnada Posts: 10,113
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    He's been an asshole to his own people for years, to which the West have turned a political blind eye, and now the people have found the balls, and weapons, to stand up to him and try and oust him from power.

    This has been brewing for years. Nothing new or sudden about it.
  • TiexenTiexen Posts: 602
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    Gaddafi used billions of his rising oil revenues on international projects. He started several wars, had role in others, and spent on acquiring both chemical and nuclear weapons. More discreetly, he directed the country's revenues to sponsor terror and other political activities around the world. The United Nations called Libya under Gaddafi a pariah state
  • HotelierHotelier Posts: 13,100
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi

    Read the bit about 2011 civil war against Gadaffi. all verified and sourced.
  • _ben_ben Posts: 5,758
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    LOL - reminds me of my neighbour, when Saddam Hussein was put on trial she said "what's he ever done to harm anyone, why can't they just leave him alone?" :D
  • ChizzlefaceChizzleface Posts: 8,221
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    The US and UK left Gaddafi alone in the past because he was selling oil to them. They're assisting the rebels at the moment because they might get a better deal out of them from this.
  • KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    OnexOne wrote: »
    Hi folks, watching the news over the past few days, its got me thinking, what has this guy done wrong all of a sudden, well i mean whats changed?

    Rhetorical question? ;) :cool:

    Coming up to 42 years, 42 is a magic number. QED.
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    • Supplied the IRA with weapons and explosives.
    • Blew up PanAm flight 103, resulting in 270 dead civilians.
    • Condoned the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher.
    • Paraded Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi as some sort of returning hero.
    • Tried his damnedest to look like a poor waxwork model of Mickey Rourke standing in front of a heat-lamp.
  • lightdragonlightdragon Posts: 19,059
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    Well over the last few days he's been indirectly responsible for making me laugh.

    When they called for him to be captured alive, so he can be made stand trial for crimes against humanity, then executed. :D
  • f_196f_196 Posts: 11,829
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    All of a sudden??? :eek:
  • Jimmy the GentJimmy the Gent Posts: 1,076
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    Poor old Muammar. You can't even murder your own people en-masse over 40 years of megalomanical despotic tyranny nowadays without someone moaning.
  • KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    Azagoth wrote: »
    • Supplied the IRA with weapons and explosives.
    • Blew up PanAm flight 103, resulting in 270 dead civilians.
    • Condoned the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher.
    • Paraded Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi as some sort of returning hero.
    • Tried his damnedest to look like a poor waxwork model of Mickey Rourke standing in front of a heat-lamp.

    Yeah, but apart from that, what's he done wrong all of a sudden?

    OP has a point.
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    KJ44 wrote: »
    Yeah, but apart from that, what's he done wrong all of a sudden?

    OP has a point.

    Didn't he start slaughtering his own people in Benghazi?
  • ShaiyaShaiya Posts: 3,512
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    Nothing. Just another country for the US to stick their nose in, execute the leader and put
    in a puppet regime.
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    Shaiya wrote: »
    Nothing. Just another country for the US to stick their nose in, execute the leader and put
    in a puppet regime.

    Back under your bridge.
  • KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    Azagoth wrote: »
    Didn't he start slaughtering his own people in Benghazi?

    That rather makes my point. Why now?
  • KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    Azagoth wrote: »
    Back under your bridge.
    Shaiya wrote: »
    Nothing. Just another country for the US to stick their nose in, execute the leader and put
    in a puppet regime.

    It's a long shot, but 3rd time lucky for the UK (and France), we might, finally, have managed to intervene and deliver the values we allegedly pride ourselves on but are prone to conveniently forget.
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    KJ44 wrote: »
    That rather makes my point. Why now?

    Arab Spring got him scared of losing his power, like what happened in Egypt and Tunisia. So like any animal, he just stared to lash out.
  • Jimmy the GentJimmy the Gent Posts: 1,076
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    KJ44 wrote: »
    That rather makes my point. Why now?

    Why are we assisting his own people to overthrow him?

    Because up to now they haven't made a serious attempt.
  • HotelierHotelier Posts: 13,100
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    KJ44 wrote: »
    Yeah, but apart from that, what's he done wrong all of a sudden?

    OP has a point.

    People get fed up of years of brutal repression.
    they demonstrate earlier in the year, they get shelled and bombed, and so does everyone living in the area.
    They naturally get pissed off at this.
  • AdsAds Posts: 37,057
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    Jimmy the Gent wrote: »
    Why are we assisting his own people to overthrow him?

    Because up to now they haven't made a serious attempt.

    Look what's happening to people in Iran and Syria who make a serious attempt to overthrow their governments - they get killed. The same happened in Libya.
  • KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    Hotelier wrote: »
    People get fed up of years of brutal repression.
    they demonstrate earlier in the year, they get shelled and bombed, and so does everyone living in the area.
    They naturally get pissed off at this.

    No kidding?
  • neelianeelia Posts: 24,186
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    Azagoth wrote: »
    • Supplied the IRA with weapons and explosives.
    • Blew up PanAm flight 103, resulting in 270 dead civilians.
    • Condoned the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher.
    • Paraded Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi as some sort of returning hero.
    • Tried his damnedest to look like a poor waxwork model of Mickey Rourke standing in front of a heat-lamp.
    KJ44 wrote: »
    Yeah, but apart from that, what's he done wrong all of a sudden?

    OP has a point.
    Indeed OP has a point. There are a lot of people like Blaur and Brown who should be ashamed of themselves fir sucking up to him and turning a blind eye (no pun intended) to his evil.
  • RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    He's been a menace to his 'own' people and around the world for decades now. Can't wait to see the old despot go.
  • KJ44KJ44 Posts: 38,093
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    Azagoth wrote: »
    Arab Spring got him scared of losing his power, like what happened in Egypt and Tunisia. So like any animal, he just stared to lash out.

    Fair comment, but "why now" apples to the question asked of the world and in particular our western governments and the chattering classes. Why now? Why wait 41 years?
  • Jimmy the GentJimmy the Gent Posts: 1,076
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    Ads wrote: »
    Look what's happening to people in Iran and Syria who make a serious attempt to overthrow their governments - they get killed. The same happened in Libya.

    Their location and recent history make them a different ball game altogether.
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