Reply #65: Yes, that was the point.

[tabatha]

The bad behavior of some of the South African "freedom fighters" did/should not delegitimize the installation of democracy in that country, and their behavior should not be used to paint all of the South African "freedom fighters" as bad. There were of course, those people that did - some with whom I had arguments.

The bad behavior of some of the Libyan "freedom fighters" did/should not delegitimize the installation of democracy in that country, and their behavior should not be used to paint all of the Libyan "freedom fighters" as bad. There were of course, those people that did, as on DU.

Most South Africans have moved on, and for the most democracy has been way better. There are problems. Crime, unemployment, etc - but they have a democracy to deal with it.

The same will be true in Libya. There will be problems. I think they will not have a poverty problem, once moneys are shared more fairly. Who knows, they could have a better democracy than the US. But, there will have to be a lot of healing - it has been horribly traumatic, even more so than South Africa.