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joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
29. I'm not here to defend NATO.
Tue May 15, 2012, 02:26 AM
May 2012

I'm here to refute garbage points that NATO was worse than Gaddafi or was responsible for Gaddafis ideologies' societal repercussions.

This is not surprise, nor should it be. PDJane May 2012 #1
Roughly 20x less civilians killed by NATO in 8 months than Gaddafi killed in 3 days... joshcryer May 2012 #4
Given Almost Ten Thousand Strike Missions Flown, Ma'am, And Nearly Six Thousand Targets Destroyed The Magistrate May 2012 #2
Yep. joshcryer May 2012 #3
I suppose they're not counting the murders which could only happen because of the air strikes. harmonicon May 2012 #5
Those atrocities would've gone on with or without NATO. joshcryer May 2012 #6
And the allies would have won WWII without the US and Russia. harmonicon May 2012 #7
I suppose the atrocities going on in Syria are NATO's fault, too. joshcryer May 2012 #9
No, and lets see what's happened.... harmonicon May 2012 #12
We're talking about atrocities committed. joshcryer May 2012 #21
Why do you do this? Who/what do you think you're helping? harmonicon May 2012 #23
So it's justified when Gaddafi's government persecutes "immigrants," but it's not OK when NATO... joshcryer May 2012 #24
Perhaps, but it was NATOs team that did it. Arctic Dave May 2012 #8
Is NATO complicit on Gaddafi's side's atrocities against black African's? joshcryer May 2012 #10
Of Course, Sir: Poor Dear Thing Would Have Never Hurt a Fly Without That NATO Threatening Him.... The Magistrate May 2012 #11
Gaddafi's side weren't those killing blacks because of their race. (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #13
Loading blacks onto leaky ships at gunpoint, killing as many as a thousand... joshcryer May 2012 #18
You're conflating two different things - it doesn't work. harmonicon May 2012 #22
I'm appalled that you put them into two different categories. joshcryer May 2012 #25
You're only getting puke on yourself - I'm thousands of miles away, thankfully. harmonicon May 2012 #26
What's appalling about not classifying groups in order to justify their persecution? joshcryer May 2012 #27
I'm not engaging with you about this anymore. harmonicon May 2012 #28
I'm not here to defend NATO. joshcryer May 2012 #29
Not sure what what you mean. Arctic Dave May 2012 #15
You aren't faimilar with Gaddafi's people loading black African's onto leaky ships at gunpoint? joshcryer May 2012 #20
A French journalist tried to file a report from Benghazi may3rd May 2012 #17
That video was PSYOPS, was never confirmed by any French journalist agency. joshcryer May 2012 #19
Nato hits back at Libya's civilian deaths report Eugene May 2012 #14
HRW needs to look at mexico next may3rd May 2012 #16
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