Libya (Merged)

Re: Lybia

typicalcity68 said:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/vi ... t-to-malta


that article is 13 days old. where are they now? no tv interviews? I smell patsies. not greggs.
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I suspect they have been too busy shitting themselves about having to return to Libya and applying for political asylum to give interviews.

Meanwhile, news values move on - Zhawiya, Benghazi, Ajdabiya et cetera.

Working on the assumption this did happen, it would presumably be a while before they spoke out, certainly not while there was a possibility of them having to return to Libya while Muammar is still in power (of Tripoli at least).
 
Re: Lybia

The Mirage F1's first flight was in 1966, not what I'd call a "Modern Fighter Jet"
 
Looks like as from 10pm we are at war

with libya

<a class="postlink" href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Video-Libya-UN-Security-Council-Prepares-To-Vote-On-No-Fly-Zone-As-US-Back-Motion/Article/201103315954268?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15954268_Video_Libya_UN%3A_Security_Council_Prepares_To_Vote_On_No-Fly_Zone_As_US_Back_Motion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politi ... ack_Motion</a>
 
Re: Looks like as from 10pm we are at war

Why on earth do the powers to be think that it is a a good idea .there are so many horrible corrubt leaders around the world but sorry i forgot not all of them have OIL
 
Re: Looks like as from 10pm we are at war

yet governments in Bahrain and Tunisia are also attacking their civilians.
I hate the double standards of this country
 
Re: Looks like as from 10pm we are at war

Good.

I think the position of your modern day stereotypical far left-winger is pretty abhorrent most of the time when it comes to foreign policy. The 'we have no business there' sort of thing. The same thing which would have lead to the entire extermination of European Jews and other minorities.

I've always been a fan of interventionism. It should be an embarrassment to us all that the horrors of Darfur and Rwanda have happened without genuine intervention.

Obviously, there needs to be some serious scrutiny on any foreign intervention to see whether it really is necessary. In Libya, I believe that is the case. Nobody should have the power to take another's life in the 21st Century, especially not to the level that Gaddafi might.

We have learnt something from the middle east uprising. We now know that it is unacceptable to intervene, until the people are brave enough to challenge their own dictator. This should have been applied to Iraq - which was a military disaster.
 
Re: Looks like as from 10pm we are at war

Not exactly war, it's a no fly zone which is fully justified

Libya is a complex problem for Europe yes they have plenty of oil, which like it or not we need, but it has been one of the main conduits for illegal immigration from sub Saharan Africa, which has caused great problems in Spain and Italy.

Diplomacy can be a dirty buisiness and sometimes it is best to look the other way, like I said the west needs oil to function, it's your standard of living we are talking about here, and our economic future.

I also do not see a problem with having a democratic government in Libya, one where the oil revenues are spread around the populous, for the amount of oil that is in Libya the population should have the same living standards as the main Gulf countries
 
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