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2026-03-21 Africa North

Gaddafi's Shadow: 15 Years Ago, NATO Destroyed Libyan Statehood

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Posted by badanov 2026-03-21 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1799 views ] Top

1 This is the old "bankers control us" smear. It's so old it still wears knickerbockers.
Saddam wasn't removed because he was going to sell oil in Euros, he was removed because he had WMD and was going to give them to Al-Qaeda.

Posted by Omans Slath8956 2026-03-21 02:27|| 2026-03-21 02:27|| Front Page Top

2 Removing Gaddafi was a high priority for NATO. Seems not to have worked out. I guess it was sort of a NATO stepping stone into Syria, which also has not worked out. I guess Ukraine is sort of a NATO win, in that there aren’t slave markets or beheadings there. Tell me again why we want NATO’s help in Iran.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-03-21 10:10|| 2026-03-21 10:10|| Front Page Top

3 The article doesn't seem to mention how much Great Britain was involved in the mess and that the inadequacies of the French & British militaries ended up dragging the US into the mess.

Posted by Chantry 2026-03-21 10:16|| 2026-03-21 10:16|| Front Page Top

4 As the US entered WWI there was a critical shortage of horses, tack, and wagons. The equistarian industry had not fully recovered from sales made to the UK during the Boer War.

Once again (as always) follow the money.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-21 10:48|| 2026-03-21 10:48|| Front Page Top

5 …and Arab Socialist totalitarian tyrant — mustn't forget that part…

Nobody's forgotten that part but IIRC, he was effectively neutered when Ronald Reagan bombed him, killing his daugher and wounding him. He never sponsored much terrorism after that.

What if he was the best the Lybians could do and are Lybians better off with him gone? Was the world better off with him at least keeping Lybia stable or are we all better off with the civil war and chaos that has ruled in oil-rich Lybia ever since his death?

IMHO, this is one of the most shameful chapters in the history of NATO. It's no surprise that Baraq Obama was president at the time. He was front and center in quite a few shameful chapters.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-03-21 13:22|| 2026-03-21 13:22|| Front Page Top

6 Things must be pretty weird in NATO land when countries such as Norway participate in the bombing.

So, like, where is NATO now (thinking Strait of Hormuz)?

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-03-21 13:28|| 2026-03-21 13:28|| Front Page Top

7 this is one of the most shameful chapters in the history of NATO. It's no surprise that Baraq Obama was president at the time.

The combination of President oObama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cubed the gleeful shamefulness. But they went in because President Khadaffy threatened to open his borders and unleash the hordes of Africa on Europe unless Europe surrendered on some issue or other.

They killed him and it happened anyway, though the original hordes were from Syria and beyond, with the sub-Saharan African masses following later. Still, I am convinced he or his sons, who like the Saddam Hussein lads lacked their father’s deft balancing of vicious brutality and bluntly wielded power, would have soon enough been overthrown with the same result — because the background of the second generation was too privileged to have instincts honed by the climb through that kind of ranks to that kind of top of the pyramid. Such things cannot be taught, even by letting them become psychopaths.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-21 21:59|| 2026-03-21 21:59|| Front Page Top

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