After all, he forced our hand. Had the Nations of Virtue not dispatched the vile ogre, he'd still be slaughtering his own people in their millions to this day...
At least that's the nonsense professional apologist for Empire Dr. Guma El-Gamaty has on view at Al Jazeera today. He trots out all the usual canards that he's been trotting out for the past five years; the mass rapes, the imminent genocidal massacres that NATO stopped in the nick of time, the claim that "no Western troops set foot on Libyan soil." (A lie that was debunked even as the war was going on.)
Mr. El-Gamaty's sour grapes are understandable. When he became a much-favoured "Libya expert" on mass media back in 2011, he hadn't been to the country in almost thirty years. He was a British academic with no profile whatsoever in Libya, but for a few brief months he seemed destined for great things. The neo-colonialist "liberators" had him pegged for a prominent leadership role in the new era of democracy they were ushering into Libya.
Must have hurt to see his glorious future go up in smoke.
Speaking of going up in smoke, the record shows that the "rebels" were a lot less enthusiastic than what El-Gamaty recalls. I remember news stories about hash-addled rebels keeping their powder (and their hashish) dry while waiting for the NATO big dogs to do the heavy lifting.
The Libyan revolution was a fraud perpetuated by the Nations of Virtue on the people of Libya, who continue to pay the price today. From the highest standard of living in all Africa, free or deeply subsidized housing, health care, and education, to a bankrupt, violence-ridden failed state, only an idiot could continue to claim our liberation of Libya was a positive accomplishment.
Showing posts with label Nato war on Libya. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Four years after NATO destroyed Libya, the ensuing humanitarian tragedy remains Gaddafi's fault
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the murder of former Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi, facilitated by the core NATO nations plus a gaggle of opportunists and me-too states, and spearheaded by France.
Eccentricities aside, the Libyan people made great strides on virtually every quality of life indicator while the mad dog was at the helm. After "liberation," Libya is a failed state.
France is marking the occasion by lamenting Libya's failed state status in this story at the state-owned news purveyor, France 24; Four years on, Gaddafi's legacy plagues chaotic Libya.
Definitely informative. We learn that "Libya is the biggest slice of Terra Nullius in the world."
We learn that Gaddafi was "quixotic."
Not only that, he was also a "mad dog."
Yup, all of Libya's problems today are due to Gaddafi!
Nowhere in the story is the NATO intervention so much as mentioned in passing! An eight month military intervention by the most powerful war machine on earth, an intervention that totally destroyed Libya, had nothing to do with destroying Libya!
Eccentricities aside, the Libyan people made great strides on virtually every quality of life indicator while the mad dog was at the helm. After "liberation," Libya is a failed state.
France is marking the occasion by lamenting Libya's failed state status in this story at the state-owned news purveyor, France 24; Four years on, Gaddafi's legacy plagues chaotic Libya.
Definitely informative. We learn that "Libya is the biggest slice of Terra Nullius in the world."
We learn that Gaddafi was "quixotic."
Not only that, he was also a "mad dog."
Yup, all of Libya's problems today are due to Gaddafi!
Nowhere in the story is the NATO intervention so much as mentioned in passing! An eight month military intervention by the most powerful war machine on earth, an intervention that totally destroyed Libya, had nothing to do with destroying Libya!
Monday, April 20, 2015
Canada's responsibility to protect those brown people drowning in the Mediterranean
Unless you're brain dead or too busy playing video games to take notice of the real world, you'll be aware that there's been a massive spike in the numbers of desperate Africans drowning in the sea between Libya and Italy.
Again, unless you're brain dead, you'll be aware that desperate asylum seekers from Africa were a relative novelty on Libya's shores before we liberated Libya from the evil Ghaddafi. That's because the evil dictator actually ran the country. He was the boss of a country that worked, and worked relatively well.
We changed all that.
And while we still have a few marginalized academic types arguing for the blessings of the R2P liberation we bestowed on Libya, most of the world can see that Libya has been utterly destroyed.
She is a failed state in every way.
So my question is this; do the nations that conspired to destroy Libya bear any responsibility for the carnage now unfolding as one boat-load of asylum-seekers after another goes down between Libya and Europe?
The think-tank here at Falling Downs says yes we do. And the "we" would most definitely include Canada, where we were chuffed beyond belief that a Canadian General was put in charge of the bombing campaign against that doomed state.
Pottery Barn rules should apply; we broke it...
If you're a desperate African refugee who makes it to Libya, the Nations of Virtue who destroyed Libya owe you something.
Safe passage.
A place to settle.
A responsibility to protect you.
Again, unless you're brain dead, you'll be aware that desperate asylum seekers from Africa were a relative novelty on Libya's shores before we liberated Libya from the evil Ghaddafi. That's because the evil dictator actually ran the country. He was the boss of a country that worked, and worked relatively well.
We changed all that.
And while we still have a few marginalized academic types arguing for the blessings of the R2P liberation we bestowed on Libya, most of the world can see that Libya has been utterly destroyed.
She is a failed state in every way.
So my question is this; do the nations that conspired to destroy Libya bear any responsibility for the carnage now unfolding as one boat-load of asylum-seekers after another goes down between Libya and Europe?
The think-tank here at Falling Downs says yes we do. And the "we" would most definitely include Canada, where we were chuffed beyond belief that a Canadian General was put in charge of the bombing campaign against that doomed state.
Pottery Barn rules should apply; we broke it...
If you're a desperate African refugee who makes it to Libya, the Nations of Virtue who destroyed Libya owe you something.
Safe passage.
A place to settle.
A responsibility to protect you.
Lloyd Axworthy keeps head up ass re: Canada's culpability for Libya fiasco
It was sad to see former FM Lloyd Axworthy waxing wise in a Globe and Mail opinion piece last week about how Canada's participation (widely hailed as "leadership" in this country, although it was nothing of the sort) in the destruction of Libya proves the R2P concept was indeed a great idea.
Lloyd was primarily responding to Louise Arbour, a fellow Canadian jurist who's career has by far eclipsed his own. Ms. Arbour recently went on the record as having grave misgivings about the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine.
That's the odious bit of tomfoolery that makes it "right" for big strong countries to invade weaker ones on the pretext of "protecting" people in that weaker country who are under possible threat by a leader we don't like.
According to Axworthy, we were right to bomb Ghadaffi into the dust-bin of history because he was about to unleash a holocaust on his critics.
Of course he was. Ghadaffi unleashed blood-curdling threats against his critics every time he stood up to make a speech. Yet, in forty years at the helm, his victims number in the thousands, not the hundreds of thousands or millions that can be reasonably attributed to various members of the Nations of Virtue club that Axworthy speaks for.
In the meantime, the Libyan people enjoyed the highest standard of living in all Africa.
What are they enjoying now that we've "saved" them from their leader?
Lloyd was primarily responding to Louise Arbour, a fellow Canadian jurist who's career has by far eclipsed his own. Ms. Arbour recently went on the record as having grave misgivings about the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine.
That's the odious bit of tomfoolery that makes it "right" for big strong countries to invade weaker ones on the pretext of "protecting" people in that weaker country who are under possible threat by a leader we don't like.
According to Axworthy, we were right to bomb Ghadaffi into the dust-bin of history because he was about to unleash a holocaust on his critics.
Of course he was. Ghadaffi unleashed blood-curdling threats against his critics every time he stood up to make a speech. Yet, in forty years at the helm, his victims number in the thousands, not the hundreds of thousands or millions that can be reasonably attributed to various members of the Nations of Virtue club that Axworthy speaks for.
In the meantime, the Libyan people enjoyed the highest standard of living in all Africa.
What are they enjoying now that we've "saved" them from their leader?
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Where is the West's outrage as Poroshenko slaughters his own people?
You remember the "slaughtering his own people" meme, I'm sure.
Bashar al-Assad was slaughtering his own people, or was about to, or the thought had crossed his mind, and the editorial writers and TV pundits were unanimous in their outrage, clamouring for the Nations of Virtue to play the "responsibility to protect" card.
Gaddafi was "slaughtering his own people"... well not actually. Well, he might have, had we not stepped in with the R2P gambit... of course we don't know what he might have done, crazy maniac that he was. But thank God we got in there and saved the Libyan people.
Saddam Hussein was just a-slaughtering his people all over the place so often that it's a miracle we found so many more to slaughter when we went in there to save them. Yes, R2P is a serious obligation on the Nations of Virtue; why should we stand by and watch some tin-pot dictator slaughter his own people when we could be doing it?
Yes, it's been slaughterers and slaughterees and our virtuous meddling in joyous abundance... till we get to Poroshenko,not just thinking about slaughtering his own people, but actually following through.
And the Nations of Virtue are not threatening sanctions, not threatening no-fly zones, not threatening to invoke R2P...
The silence is deafening.
Bashar al-Assad was slaughtering his own people, or was about to, or the thought had crossed his mind, and the editorial writers and TV pundits were unanimous in their outrage, clamouring for the Nations of Virtue to play the "responsibility to protect" card.
Gaddafi was "slaughtering his own people"... well not actually. Well, he might have, had we not stepped in with the R2P gambit... of course we don't know what he might have done, crazy maniac that he was. But thank God we got in there and saved the Libyan people.
Saddam Hussein was just a-slaughtering his people all over the place so often that it's a miracle we found so many more to slaughter when we went in there to save them. Yes, R2P is a serious obligation on the Nations of Virtue; why should we stand by and watch some tin-pot dictator slaughter his own people when we could be doing it?
Yes, it's been slaughterers and slaughterees and our virtuous meddling in joyous abundance... till we get to Poroshenko,not just thinking about slaughtering his own people, but actually following through.
And the Nations of Virtue are not threatening sanctions, not threatening no-fly zones, not threatening to invoke R2P...
The silence is deafening.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Canadian commander of NATO war on Libya now chief of Lockheed Martin Canada
Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard got his hero medal and then scurried off to the private sector, where he is today ensconced as the commander of the Canadian branch of Lockheed Martin.
His most important... no, his only duty, is to make sure Canada signs on for the F-35. Great thinking on the part of Lockheed Martin; who can say "no" to a war hero?
Bouchard has some insights into the War on Libya.
He's disappointed in the lack of progress.
Well, Libya may be going up in flames, but at least Mr. Bouchard has done OK for himself.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Libya turmoil still Gaddafi's fault
That's the word from US Ambassador Debora Jones.
“There never was a functioning Libyan state per se,” she said. “That weakened state permitted Gadhafi to exploit the situation. … He was like an abusive parent” who squeezed his own people of resources while doling out Libya’s oil revenues on foreign causes and conflicts.
You'd think that three years after NATO's war to destroy the Gaddafi administration there'd be some grown-ups there prepared to take responsibility for the absolute disaster they've created, but some good old honesty is rather too much to expect. Instead, it's all Gaddafi's fault.
As for Gaddafi exploiting that weakened state, I'm not certain that free housing, health care, and education, including $200 millions per year to send Libyans to study at foreign universities worldwide, would meet the standard definition of "exploit".
As for any possibility that Washington might be backing the "rogue" US-Libyan General Haftar, she claims the US is taking a wait-and-see attitude to ascertain what his agenda might be.
Let's see now; the man spent over twenty years living five minutes away from Langley, had no visible means of support, was flown back to Libya by the US in the late stages of the 2011 war... and they don't know what his agenda is?
Monday, February 24, 2014
Canadian Air Force's lone bomber moved to Europe for possible Syria action
The Canadian Air Force is moving it's only dedicated bomber, a seventy year old Lancaster, to an unspecified NATO air base in Europe, where it will join Canada's fleet of six 35 year old CF-18s and four 50 year old Sea King helicopters for an anticipated action in Syria.
Canada's arsenal of the air last saw combat in the vaunted Libyan campaign of 2011 in which it served as the pointy end of the spear that brought freedom and democracy to the people of Libya.
Anonymous insiders speculate that NATO will soon unleash a similar humanitarian bombing campaign to bring freedom and democracy to the people of Syria.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Libya two years on; the most prosperous African state now a basket case
Latest news out of Libya as we celebrate the second anniversary of the outbreak of the NATO "revolution" is that the Libyan government has suspended parliament because they have no safe place to meet.
If Libya's parliamentarians have no place in their country where they can safely meet, what does that say for security for the common citizens?
The few remaining cheerleaders for the NATO intervention like to point out that oil production has returned to pre-revolutionary levels. What they don't like to acknowledge is that the funds from those oil sales seem to end up somewhere other than Libya. Libya's economy has gone from enjoying annual surpluses to running huge deficits.
Already the IMF is lecturing Libya that the social welfare state they enjoyed under Gaddafi is no longer affordable. Welcome to "free" Libya; just another African basket case.
Maximilian Forte has written an excellent summary of NATO's achievement in the Libyan Spring.
If Libya's parliamentarians have no place in their country where they can safely meet, what does that say for security for the common citizens?
The few remaining cheerleaders for the NATO intervention like to point out that oil production has returned to pre-revolutionary levels. What they don't like to acknowledge is that the funds from those oil sales seem to end up somewhere other than Libya. Libya's economy has gone from enjoying annual surpluses to running huge deficits.
Already the IMF is lecturing Libya that the social welfare state they enjoyed under Gaddafi is no longer affordable. Welcome to "free" Libya; just another African basket case.
Maximilian Forte has written an excellent summary of NATO's achievement in the Libyan Spring.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Pot addled hillbilly blogger connects Mali to Libya months before MSM
It is today considered obvious that the Mali uprising is related to our liberation of Libya. But that's a revelation that only bubbled up in the mainstream media after Hollande the Conqueror committed French troops to Mali.
The View From Falling Downs had it figured out months before French boots hit the ground.
We're not reading much about the liberation of Mali these days. The story has been eclipsed by malfunctioning cruise ships and meteorites in Siberia and that radical Marxist Obama trying to pry the guns out of the hands of law-abiding Americans.
The View From Falling Downs had it figured out months before French boots hit the ground.
We're not reading much about the liberation of Mali these days. The story has been eclipsed by malfunctioning cruise ships and meteorites in Siberia and that radical Marxist Obama trying to pry the guns out of the hands of law-abiding Americans.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Al Qaeda marks 9/11 anniversary by hoisting their flag over US embassies in Egypt and Libya
Hard to believe, isn't it?
We took out the big dog, and at this point we've vaporized the al Qaeda second-in-command several dozen times, but still the wily towellers manage to hoist their banner over the US embassy in Cairo and the consulate in Benghazi. All this on the 11th anniversary of 9/11.
This was in Libya and Egypt, two of the supposed success stories of the Arab Spring.
Do you think NATO's chickens are coming home to roost?
We took out the big dog, and at this point we've vaporized the al Qaeda second-in-command several dozen times, but still the wily towellers manage to hoist their banner over the US embassy in Cairo and the consulate in Benghazi. All this on the 11th anniversary of 9/11.
This was in Libya and Egypt, two of the supposed success stories of the Arab Spring.
Do you think NATO's chickens are coming home to roost?
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Libya: heavily-armed militias out-gun government forces
Don't take my word for it; that's from Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali.
According to Reuters, there's nothing the government can do about it. This is worth keeping in mind as certain members of the Nations of Virtue gang edge closer to getting directly involved in Syria.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for NATO to clean up after its last mess before striking out on a new adventure?
According to Reuters, there's nothing the government can do about it. This is worth keeping in mind as certain members of the Nations of Virtue gang edge closer to getting directly involved in Syria.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for NATO to clean up after its last mess before striking out on a new adventure?
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Surge of violence rocks Libya
That's a quote from the France 24 site today.
I've read one account after another recently about how normality has returned to the streets of Benghazi and Tripoli. Sure, there have also been those other reports of car bombs and rampant militia violence, the summary lynching of black Libyans and so forth, but the leading democracy promotion NGO's have all assured me that those are vicious lies and that they speak the truth.
According to France 24 the violence is trending upward. Sufi radicals have been busy bulldozing Islamist shrines, much to the annoyance of the non-Sufi Islamist population. It's quite the Islamic stew, is it not? They all look the same to me.
Just like Catholics and Protestants.
Anyway, they must be able to tell the difference, because they're busy killing one another, to the point where the Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali has decided to step down and let the warring factions war it out.
As time goes on it must be getting harder for the NATO war cheerleaders to still find ways to blame this on Gaddafi.
I've read one account after another recently about how normality has returned to the streets of Benghazi and Tripoli. Sure, there have also been those other reports of car bombs and rampant militia violence, the summary lynching of black Libyans and so forth, but the leading democracy promotion NGO's have all assured me that those are vicious lies and that they speak the truth.
According to France 24 the violence is trending upward. Sufi radicals have been busy bulldozing Islamist shrines, much to the annoyance of the non-Sufi Islamist population. It's quite the Islamic stew, is it not? They all look the same to me.
Just like Catholics and Protestants.
Anyway, they must be able to tell the difference, because they're busy killing one another, to the point where the Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali has decided to step down and let the warring factions war it out.
As time goes on it must be getting harder for the NATO war cheerleaders to still find ways to blame this on Gaddafi.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Killing innocent civilians
Here's something we can all agree on; killing innocent civilians is bad.
I'm brought to this observation by something I read today about casualties in NATO's war on Libya.
There has been a fair amount of hoo-ha about those 72 civilians who died as a result of NATO's ten thousand plus bombing sorties, a figure that totally beggars credulity to begin with.
What I read today was about casualties, not just civilian casualties, and the numbers are in the tens of thousands.
We can all empathize with those civilians.
But why is it that you can dress half a dozen teenagers in military uniforms, put them in a WW II era tank, destroy the lot with a laser-guided missile, and walk away congratulating yourself on how hard you're working on minimizing civilian casualties?
Those scared teenagers are people too.
I'm brought to this observation by something I read today about casualties in NATO's war on Libya.
There has been a fair amount of hoo-ha about those 72 civilians who died as a result of NATO's ten thousand plus bombing sorties, a figure that totally beggars credulity to begin with.
What I read today was about casualties, not just civilian casualties, and the numbers are in the tens of thousands.
We can all empathize with those civilians.
But why is it that you can dress half a dozen teenagers in military uniforms, put them in a WW II era tank, destroy the lot with a laser-guided missile, and walk away congratulating yourself on how hard you're working on minimizing civilian casualties?
Those scared teenagers are people too.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Canada still basking in glow of Libya victory
Canada was one of the most hawkish outside nations involved in the Libyan conflict, conducting a disproportionately large percentage of the air strike missions and providing important diplomatic and humanitarian support to the rebels.
That's from today's National Post.
That first line is more or less true. Canada was indeed one of the most belligerent anti-Gadaffi countries, even though major Canadian construction and oil companies had major projects ongoing in Gadaffi's Libya with the full blessing of the Canadian government.
After that it gets a bit dodgy. Canada didn't really conduct a "disproportionately large percentage" of the air strikes when compared to other NATO small fry.
Nor was there anything remotely important about Canada's diplomatic and humanitarian support for the so-called rebels.
However, the Harper gang is keen to be seen as "punching above its weight" and all that neanderthal stuff, so glorying in this supposed glorious victory in Libya is a story that the right wing of Canadian media need to trumpet.
The Post article does indeed raise some questions about Foreign Minister Baird's unseemly enthusiasm for that war. But there's no discussion whatsoever about how much better the Libyan people are doing now that they're rid of Gadaffi.
Probably because they'll need another twenty or thirty years to recoup what they lost when NATO brought them their "freedom".
That's from today's National Post.
That first line is more or less true. Canada was indeed one of the most belligerent anti-Gadaffi countries, even though major Canadian construction and oil companies had major projects ongoing in Gadaffi's Libya with the full blessing of the Canadian government.
After that it gets a bit dodgy. Canada didn't really conduct a "disproportionately large percentage" of the air strikes when compared to other NATO small fry.
Nor was there anything remotely important about Canada's diplomatic and humanitarian support for the so-called rebels.
However, the Harper gang is keen to be seen as "punching above its weight" and all that neanderthal stuff, so glorying in this supposed glorious victory in Libya is a story that the right wing of Canadian media need to trumpet.
The Post article does indeed raise some questions about Foreign Minister Baird's unseemly enthusiasm for that war. But there's no discussion whatsoever about how much better the Libyan people are doing now that they're rid of Gadaffi.
Probably because they'll need another twenty or thirty years to recoup what they lost when NATO brought them their "freedom".
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Gun battles rage as rival Libyan militias fight over stolen cars
Reuters reports that scores are dead and many more wounded as rival militias do battle in Sabha, Southern Libya's largest city.
Gunfire broke out when one group of militiamen tried to steal a stolen car from another group.
The central government, the so-called "National Transitional Council" or NTC, reportedly sent a contingent of 600 troops to the city in an effort to quell the violence.
The government troops had a quick look around and beat a hasty retreat.
This incident underscores the toxic legacy left by last year's NATO intervention in the country. Central authority is non-existent, the streets are a battleground, and the gang with the most ammo prevails in the end.
But at least they're free!
Gunfire broke out when one group of militiamen tried to steal a stolen car from another group.
The central government, the so-called "National Transitional Council" or NTC, reportedly sent a contingent of 600 troops to the city in an effort to quell the violence.
The government troops had a quick look around and beat a hasty retreat.
This incident underscores the toxic legacy left by last year's NATO intervention in the country. Central authority is non-existent, the streets are a battleground, and the gang with the most ammo prevails in the end.
But at least they're free!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
How's that "freedom" thing working out for Libya?
Not that great, apparently.
Here's the view of a couple of academic types writing in Britain's The Telegraph. Elections scheduled for this June absolutely positively must be delayed. The Libyan people simply aren't ready for the burden of free elections.
Our academic friends do make a couple of interesting observations, though. Libya has a sovereign wealth fund of over $65 billion.
There's a shocker! You mean Gadaffi didn't steal all the money?
Here's another shocker; according to these writers, Libyans have "the highest literacy rate in Africa and a well-defined role for women in leadership roles."
Who knew? What a stunning accomplishment for the NTC to achieve the highest literacy rates in Africa in a mere one year after deposing the evil dictator! And leadership roles for women? Bravo NTC!
Oh, wait a minute... oh I see, these were accomplishments achieved by the evil Gadaffi.... well nevermind then.
And here's a letter to the Guardian by a couple of wankers in the Brit parliament. They're pretty keen on having the World Bank and the IMF manage that sovereign wealth fund.
Doesn't the USA call the shots at the World Bank and the IMF? So a solvent country with a $65 billion cash reserve needs America's help to manage their money?
How retarded would you have to be to think that this makes any sense whatsoever?
Messers Duncan and Burt also helpfully point out that Libya is struggling because it suffered under 42 years of dictatorship and an internal conflict.
The 42 years of dictatorship brought Libya the highest standard of living in all of Africa.
Internal conflict? Ten thousand bombing runs by NATO is an internal conflict?
So how is freedom working out for the people of Libya?
Who knows, but at least it's giving the pointy-headed interventionists in the NATO countries something to crow about.
Here's the view of a couple of academic types writing in Britain's The Telegraph. Elections scheduled for this June absolutely positively must be delayed. The Libyan people simply aren't ready for the burden of free elections.
Our academic friends do make a couple of interesting observations, though. Libya has a sovereign wealth fund of over $65 billion.
There's a shocker! You mean Gadaffi didn't steal all the money?
Here's another shocker; according to these writers, Libyans have "the highest literacy rate in Africa and a well-defined role for women in leadership roles."
Who knew? What a stunning accomplishment for the NTC to achieve the highest literacy rates in Africa in a mere one year after deposing the evil dictator! And leadership roles for women? Bravo NTC!
Oh, wait a minute... oh I see, these were accomplishments achieved by the evil Gadaffi.... well nevermind then.
And here's a letter to the Guardian by a couple of wankers in the Brit parliament. They're pretty keen on having the World Bank and the IMF manage that sovereign wealth fund.
Doesn't the USA call the shots at the World Bank and the IMF? So a solvent country with a $65 billion cash reserve needs America's help to manage their money?
How retarded would you have to be to think that this makes any sense whatsoever?
Messers Duncan and Burt also helpfully point out that Libya is struggling because it suffered under 42 years of dictatorship and an internal conflict.
The 42 years of dictatorship brought Libya the highest standard of living in all of Africa.
Internal conflict? Ten thousand bombing runs by NATO is an internal conflict?
So how is freedom working out for the people of Libya?
Who knows, but at least it's giving the pointy-headed interventionists in the NATO countries something to crow about.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Peace and prosperity just around the corner as Libya reopens stock exchange
They're celebrating this week from Tripoli to Benghazi. True, you can't walk to the market for fear of a militia shake-down or worse. There is no government. Everything except the oil sector is in ruins...
BUT THEY GOT THEIR GODAMN STOCK EXCHANGE UP AND RUNNING!
This good news comes via the BBC, a major anti-Gadaffi cheer-leader right next to Sarkozy, and we now know he had a few things to hide.
I'm a bit old-school on this kind of stuff. I don't believe "news" media should be cheer-leading one way or the other. But having cheered on the NATO rape of Libya, the droids at the BBC can't stop themselves from cheering more, hence this good news about the Libyan stock exchange.
Their source is one Ahmed Karhoud, who is apparently the general manager of the newly re-opened bourse. Here's what Ahmed has to say;
This opening sends a sign to the world that Libya is now a stable country where the economy is kicking off again. We still don't have a government but we have the infrastructure to become the financial hub for North Africa.
OK BBC, you're quoting a guy who admits Libya doesn't have a government but holds it out as the HQ for African finance?
And this is what passes for responsible news reporting these days?
BUT THEY GOT THEIR GODAMN STOCK EXCHANGE UP AND RUNNING!
This good news comes via the BBC, a major anti-Gadaffi cheer-leader right next to Sarkozy, and we now know he had a few things to hide.
I'm a bit old-school on this kind of stuff. I don't believe "news" media should be cheer-leading one way or the other. But having cheered on the NATO rape of Libya, the droids at the BBC can't stop themselves from cheering more, hence this good news about the Libyan stock exchange.
Their source is one Ahmed Karhoud, who is apparently the general manager of the newly re-opened bourse. Here's what Ahmed has to say;
This opening sends a sign to the world that Libya is now a stable country where the economy is kicking off again. We still don't have a government but we have the infrastructure to become the financial hub for North Africa.
OK BBC, you're quoting a guy who admits Libya doesn't have a government but holds it out as the HQ for African finance?
And this is what passes for responsible news reporting these days?
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Senators Graham and Blumenthal prove stupidity is non-partisan
Pretty much the entire world has by now acknowledged that Libya is a bit of a mess. Yes, our NATO rebels got rid of the evil dictator, but now what?
From a country with the highest standard of living in Africa Libya is now an anarchic state ruled by unaccountable militias.
Be that as it may, there are at least two idiots in the Senate who see the Libyan fiasco as a model for how America should intervene in Syria.
Here's Republican Senator Lindsey Graham; " I think the Libyan model could serve us well."
And just to prove that stupidity is non-partisan, here's Democrat Richard Blumenthal; "...Libya is a model for how we can aid rebels."
True enough.
It's even a better case study in why we shouldn't.
From a country with the highest standard of living in Africa Libya is now an anarchic state ruled by unaccountable militias.
Be that as it may, there are at least two idiots in the Senate who see the Libyan fiasco as a model for how America should intervene in Syria.
Here's Republican Senator Lindsey Graham; " I think the Libyan model could serve us well."
And just to prove that stupidity is non-partisan, here's Democrat Richard Blumenthal; "...Libya is a model for how we can aid rebels."
True enough.
It's even a better case study in why we shouldn't.
Libyan war heroes desecrate graves of British war heroes
Our nasty NATO rebels are at it again.
You remember our brave freedon fighters, don't you? Relaxing on mattresses and smoking hashish while waiting for British warplanes to bomb the Gadaffi forces into oblivion. Since their bold NATO-led victory the rebels have run riot throughout the country.
They've left no stone unturned in rooting out former Gadaffi loyalists. Torture and summary execution are the tools of choice for dealing with the loyalists. And how do they know who was a Gadaffi loyalist?
Apparently one of the tell-tale signs is a black skin. The NATO rebels' reign of terror has masked an anti-black genocide that none of their NATO patrons, let alone their liberal apologists hiding behind the heinous "R2P" doctrine, seem to notice or comment on.
Now our rebels, perhaps running out of living victims, have turned their wrath on the WWII military cemetary in Benghazi. Video footage shows them on a headstone-smashing spree, exacting vengeance on the graves of their one-time liberators.
That's gratitude!
You remember our brave freedon fighters, don't you? Relaxing on mattresses and smoking hashish while waiting for British warplanes to bomb the Gadaffi forces into oblivion. Since their bold NATO-led victory the rebels have run riot throughout the country.
They've left no stone unturned in rooting out former Gadaffi loyalists. Torture and summary execution are the tools of choice for dealing with the loyalists. And how do they know who was a Gadaffi loyalist?
Apparently one of the tell-tale signs is a black skin. The NATO rebels' reign of terror has masked an anti-black genocide that none of their NATO patrons, let alone their liberal apologists hiding behind the heinous "R2P" doctrine, seem to notice or comment on.
Now our rebels, perhaps running out of living victims, have turned their wrath on the WWII military cemetary in Benghazi. Video footage shows them on a headstone-smashing spree, exacting vengeance on the graves of their one-time liberators.
That's gratitude!
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