I have to laugh at people who think fallen dictators like Qaddafi getting what they deserve was some kind of western delivered justice. They won't bother to shed a tear for the thousands of victims of Reagan's born again death squads in El Salvador in the 1980's (War on drugs? just say no! Iran-Contra scandal anyone?) They turn away from the 3 million starved to death by Churchill in Bengal in 1943. Only some dictators are worthy of their hate...you know, the uppity swarthy fellows like Sadaam (who the US continued to help, even when he was using chemical weapons on Kurdish civilians)...and now the mass slaughtering in Yemen by the head chop prince of the house of Saud...'please sir, can I have some more...oil'. All that sniveling western hand wringing...about dictators...really?
Exactly. Not to mention that no US president was a saint, does it justify a foreign power overthrowing him for alleged misdoings (and there are plenty)?
No doubt many feel that way, but not me. That's not even a good try. I'm not sure what persuasion you are if any, but you're a buffoon if you think Kadaffy Duck is someone or something to use as a retort to or resistance to empire or imperialism. How is blowing up nearly 300 noncombatants over Lockerbie "giving it to the man?"
There are three worlds.
1. The world we live in.
2. The world that could and should be.
3. The world we want to live in.
When discussing Kadaffy Duck and his demise, I prefer to analyze it according the the world in which we live. That's the context. In a world that could and should be, not only is what happened to Kadaffy anathema and nay impossible, but so too is the likes of Kadaffy anathema and nay impossible and that's the world I want to live in but unfortunately that isn't this world, is it?
I have to laugh at people who think fallen dictators like Qaddafi getting what they deserve was some kind of western delivered justice. They won't bother to shed a tear for the thousands of victims of Reagan's born again death squads in El Salvador in the 1980's (War on drugs? just say no! Iran-Contra scandal anyone?) They turn away from the 3 million starved to death by Churchill in Bengal in 1943. Only some dictators are worthy of their hate...you know, the uppity swarthy fellows like Sadaam (who the US continued to help, even when he was using chemical weapons on Kurdish civilians)...and now the mass slaughtering in Yemen by the head chop prince of the house of Saud...'please sir, can I have some more...oil'. All that sniveling western hand wringing...about dictators...really?
Exactly. Not to mention that no US president was a saint, does it justify a foreign power overthrowing him for alleged misdoings (and there are plenty)?
No doubt many feel that way, but not me. That's not even a good try. I'm not sure what persuasion you are if any, but you're a buffoon if you think Kadaffy Duck is someone or something to use as a retort to or resistance to empire or imperialism. How is blowing up nearly 300 noncombatants over Lockerbie "giving it to the man?"
There are three worlds.
1. The world we live in.
2. The world that could and should be.
3. The world we want to live in.
When discussing Kadaffy Duck and his demise, I prefer to analyze it according the the world in which we live. That's the context. In a world that could and should be, not only is what happened to Kadaffy anathema and nay impossible, but so too is the likes of Kadaffy anathema and nay impossible and that's the world I want to live in but unfortunately that isn't this world, is it?