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DonCoquixote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:26 PM
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Europe, not US, pushed for military force in Libya
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110320/ap_on_re_us/europe_libya

You know what, I wish I cared. All this means is that Europe may love to polish it's halo, but will still act like greedy bastards when THEIR oil is threatened. Asia, South America, you may have to lead the human race out of lunacy.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:29 PM
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1. Don't look to China on that front. China is busy supporting reprehensible regimes.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:30 PM
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3. And Russia has it's hands full with it's own Muslims.
nt
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GSLevel9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:29 PM
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2. if the EU pushed, who got bent over? nt
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WatsonT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:50 PM
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4. Well unlike the US, European nations have a history
of treating Africans with the utmost respect and not at all exploiting their natural resources for personal gain.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:52 PM
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5. And avoiding wars. n/t
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 11:10 PM
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6. Heh heh heh... Oh, I'm sad now.
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