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Originally Posted by roachboy
i meant the remark about libya as a comment on the direction your posts have taken, which is not about libya but about the kinds of statements the obama administration's talking heads and/or pentagon have generated about libya. so judging from the tack you take, libya is just another pretext for being critical of the administration. which i don't care about particularly---i'm critical of a lot of things about the administration as well, though not on the same grounds as you---but let's not pretend that the discussion is about libya. your "leadership" critiques are about communications strategy. i'm more interested in what's happening in the actual libyan theater.
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One of my very first posts in this thread, and the points have been repeated several times, was about the tragedy in outsiders prolonging civil wars. In addition, I talked about the tragedy of providing rebels false hope. The Libyan rebels can not defeat Kadfi, and if he is not removed they will be killed one way or another. A no fly zone is a joke in the context of saving lives. More is going to be needed. If you have read my posts you would know this. I think you have read them but insist on trying to take these discussion in the gutter for some reason.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Much of the issue here is that the Libyan situation doesn't have a heck of a lot of precedent.
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I think there are many lessons from history that can be used in the Libyan conflict. Civil wars, rebellions are not new.