The Civil War in Libya

Two things:
1: I'm happy to see NATO lives and tax money went into a successful operation this time
2: So his convoy was bombed by NATO aircraft. I wonder whose planes those were. Which NATO country will finally claim responsibility of killing Gaddaffi?

NATO lives? I was not aware NATO suffered any casualties during this campaign.

do you have a source? everywhere I read it was the NTC forces who killed him in a firefight

R.i.p

When Saddam Hussein was in trouble, Gaddafi unexpectedly got friendly with the West by declaring that Libya was free of WMD and welcoming external investigators to see for themselves. Little did he know that that was still not enough to save his life. Who would have thought Gaddafi, even after shaking hands with western leaders, would be the second in line after Saddam? So who is gonna be the third?

Interesting how they're debating on the news whether Gaddafi should've been brought to trial for the Lockerbie bombing and other terrorist attacks. Problem is they couldn't even if he were still alive because the West basically made peace with him.

As I was typing this I just saw John McCain on CNN make a veiled threat that China should feel uncomfortable. Then right after he caught himself saying he wasn't predicting anything and softened it by mentioning the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Gaddafi was overthrow by his own people. The west already spare his life. The west just take on the opportunity of this uprising against him by his own people to rid him.

Only mercenaries fight for Gaddafi. You can see how unpopular he is in Libya and arab world. Even conservative Arabs like Saudi and UAE hate him.

Lion said:

Gaddafi was overthrow by his own people. The west already spare his life. The west just take on the opportunity of this uprising against him by his own people to rid him.

Only mercenaries fight for Gaddafi. You can see how unpopular he is in Libya and arab world. Even conservative Arabs like Saudi and UAE hate him.

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Eight months of resistance. Nato and other nations sent their forces to help rebellion. If he was so unpopular how did he survive more then a "few days", which NATO had assumed he only had. Merceneries hardly, settled immigrant black people or southern nomadic tribes of Libya can hardly be called merceneries. Its like saying Nepalis Gurkhas are merceneries for UK.

I read he hired foreign help but a few serb instructures and such cannot compare to NATO and Qater placing their advisors and special forces with laser designators.

True alot of Libyans loathed Gaddafi but idea he was defeated by own people is untrue. Ever time the militias came against staunch resistance, Nato spotters would direct helicopters and warplanes to target opponents. The rebels used to always complain by saying "where is Nato" when they met resistance.

Is anyone else nauseated by this string of extra-judicial killings? Even Nazis after WWII were given due process, they still shot them, but they tried them first. Now it seems NATO and America just goes around whacking people because they don't want to do deal with a trial. It is increasingly clear that Osama Bin Laden was under arrest before that Navy seal shot him in the face, add to that the first drone strike against an American citizen this month.


I am not speaking for those horrible people but I am just sick of the amount glee and celebrating surrounding these deaths and the total disregard for the rule of law exhibited by the most powerful nation on earth.

Laugh. You think this is NEW?