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Libyan rebels angry after airstrike blamed on NATO

World Apr. 08, 2011 - 06:53AM JST ( 14 )

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SargeApr. 08, 2011 - 10:37AM JST

You can't please everyone.
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TumbleDryApr. 08, 2011 - 11:01AM JST

While Gadhafi is a nut, we should have nothing to do with it. I mean, why don't we also help protesters in Bahrain by shi(p)ping weapons for example? No! Better! Help Chinese freedom protesters.

One can get a help for freedom only if it serves the helper's interests. Hmmm. I don't care after all. I just want cheap gasoline and goods. Bomb what ever you want, train whoever you want.

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SuperLibApr. 08, 2011 - 01:26PM JST

And away we go....
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Lieberman2012Apr. 08, 2011 - 04:39PM JST

Europeans don't care,as long as the oil keeps coming.
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MangamanApr. 08, 2011 - 05:33PM JST

Told ya. This is what bombing cowardly from the air gets you, particularly in an internal conflict like this where a huge number of combants are not in uniform or flying flags. My only error was that we got to be pariahs even sooner than I expected. But then, I am sure we have more good will to throw away yet.
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SargeApr. 08, 2011 - 09:25PM JST

"bombing cowardly from the air"

OK, could you please pick up a rifle and go face Gadhafi's forces? LOL.
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stevecpfcApr. 08, 2011 - 09:39PM JST

I agree with Sarge. A school friend joined the British armya nd was in Norther Ireland in the eighties. He shot at someone with a plastic bullet during a riot and hit a kid in the chest who had a seizure. Kid recovered but could have died. you don't want to be fighting almost hand to hand with people blending in with non comabatants.
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MangamanApr. 08, 2011 - 09:42PM JST

I never said Gadhafi should be removed by me or mine. And I never said NATO had an obligation to remove him. I have said time and again: just arm the rebels. Let them make their own collateral damage.
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SargeApr. 08, 2011 - 09:45PM JST

"just arm the rebels"

You have to take out at least some of Gadhafi's forces to do that.
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MangamanApr. 08, 2011 - 11:33PM JST

Airdrop. If that cannot be done, I got no problems with armed incursions from land or sea. If they challenge NATO, they declare themselves hostile, then NATO shoots them. That is okay. But as it is, NATO's planes are not being challenged. They just bomb targets and are not really sure who is hostile. ie, they have no excuse.
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WilliBApr. 09, 2011 - 12:15AM JST

Obamas war is going just splendidly. Congratulations.
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MadvertsApr. 09, 2011 - 04:24AM JST

Heh Obama's war willi? Weren't you saying the same for both Iraq and Afghanistan?

We can feel your bitterness that the tired old Islamic conspiracies have failed once again to come to pass.
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sfjp330Apr. 09, 2011 - 05:17AM JST

U.S. and NATO meddling in another sovereign nation's affairs and publicly recommending regime change in Libya. U.S. has a long history of deposing leaders of other nations in order to get natural resources, specifically oil. NATO forces are not interested in saving those being killed, it is just a noble motive to hide your agenda.
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IronDomeApr. 09, 2011 - 02:07PM JST

"My only error was that we got to be pariahs even sooner than I expected."

Oh, so you are active duty NATO ?