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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:46 PM Original message |
The Crimes of Col. Qaddafi - By Christopher Hitchens |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sure he was just as bad & oppressive as he was when the U.S. considered him an ally. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Indeed he was. What changed was not US policy, but the willingness |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Nonsense. Clearly what changed was US policy. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes, because Ay-Rabs could not oppose a dictator on their own. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Here's a good account of the beginning in Benghazi: |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Because there are those on the left who cannot conceive that |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. If you have not seen these, you'll probably like them, too. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. "the beginning in benghazi" goes back much further. to king idris. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Did you read this article? Says it all. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. they could. but they'd lose. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Nonsense. Not clearly at all. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. that's pure crap. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Glasses. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. incubator babies. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I remember that story. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. the woman who testified *was* the eyewitness. but she was actually the daughter of the kuwaiti |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. We'll see. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. who would that "somebody" be? the us media won't report anything until it no longer |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Somebody like Jeremy Scahill. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. her work was being a nanny. you are missing the point, which is: most people |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I thought he was decribing the US/Wall Street and economy for a moment with this... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Not at all - check out the teeth of this guy; and his clothes. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. hitch, bush's war whore. what happened to HIM? or maybe he was always a plant. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Hich needs to ask Iraqis how they are doing after the liberation via bombing and horrors |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. K & R |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. Most Bizzare! Not based on any economic data. Libya contrasts with plundering of Congo's wealth |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. Chris, I know you're not doing well, but your writing is trending toward filigree. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 04:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. fellow of the conservative/libertarian hoover institution. i guess he was a mole all along. |
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