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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:59 AM Original message |
Crude Analysis of Libyan Liberation (by Chris Floyd) |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. k and r |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. What the empire and its courtisans fear... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The usual suspects. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. The latest chapter in global disaster capitalism |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Naomi Klein is a must-read. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Just finishing "The Shock Doctrine" |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Re: "The Shock Doctrine" |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Speaking of which.... "Disaster capitalism swoops over Libya" by Pepe Escobar: |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. C'mon. Seriously. Is ANYBODY surprised at this? nt |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. For me, I'm not surprised as much as disgusted. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R an imperialist war for oil, etc.... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. For a short time, America did not side with the Colonialist Powers... |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. bookmarked for later, Octafish, and thanks for posting this! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Imagine Africa the economic equal of Europe or North America? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. not what TPTB wanted, or want...though they do want to gobble up huge swaths of it, as usual |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Dag Hammarskjöld's plane crash, while defending Congo, has just been solved too. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Zero coverage in the NYT of Dag Hammarskjöld. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Very interesting, thank you. I guess this is why no one stands |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. Guess Obama wanted to succeed where Bush failed. And Gaddafi was a useful tyrant |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. Juan Cole's myth #10 about Libya - This was a war for Libya’s oil. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. +1 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. NATO nations set to reap spoils of Libya war |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. That's the talking point, the facts are very different and as Bvar's |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Its about a LOT more than just oil. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Same sh!t, different day. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. thanks for another excellent post, bvar22, cites bookmarked for later! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Thank you, excellent post bvar22 |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Humanitarian, right. I read on the news today about the 'gruesome |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oil? Oil? Perish the thought. |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Another war for oil? Surely not! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The crude is sweet and the empire wants it now. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. k&r |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
29. Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. More tears for Qadaffi the victim of Western imperialism. nt |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. no, more tears for another country being fucked over by western imperialism |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. So, Libya would have been better off if Qadaffi had massacred the rebels? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I bet you 'loved Saddam' too. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. Cannot recommend because this is over a day old. ;-) |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Hiding Africa’s looted funds: Silence of Western media |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. Kick and a link to Bankster USA about the Over Lords above US... |
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