the shores of Tripoli - Page 2

footfootfoot · 10-20-2011, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I do. I celebrate it when it's a bad, evil, dark, hate-filled pustule on the world.

Maybe I'm teh eval, but I don't care.

Time's up, motherf8888er.

I love the highbrow "hate-filled pustule" (excellent word choice)
combined with the earthy honesty of "Time's up, motherf8888er."

I'd like to see you after class.

Pete Zicato · 10-20-2011, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I'm too old to lie about my feelilngs.

It's a privilege of crone-hood. (deep, deep wish for crone smilie)

cellar is now #1 on google for the phrase crone smilie.

glatt · 10-20-2011, 01:50 PM

well let's not disappoint.

A crone is like a bottle of fine aged wine.

edit: Ah, shit I read that as simile, not smilie.

Trilby · 10-20-2011, 02:52 PM

sometimes I just love it here.

TheMercenary · 10-20-2011, 04:38 PM

For $1 Billion, One Dictator

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Call him the billion dollar man. One billion for one dictator.
According to the Pentagon, that was the cost to U.S. taxpayers for Muammar el-Qaddafi’s head: $1.1 billion through September, the latest figure just out of the Defense Department.
And that’s just for the Americans.
The final totals will take some time to add up, and still do not include the State Department, CIA, and other agencies involved or other NATO and participating countries. NATO does not track the operational costs to each member country, but the funds directly taken from a common NATO account for Libya operations have totaled about $7.4 million per month for electronic warfare capabilities and $1.1 million per month for headquarters and command staff, a NATO spokesman said.

http://nationaljournal.com/for-1-bil...ddafi-20111020

DanaC · 10-20-2011, 04:46 PM

Compared to the cost of Saddam...if this trend continues, soon we'll all be able to afford our own dictator's!

Griff · 10-20-2011, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Yeah. Celebrating a death is unbecoming, but this is good news.

They captured him, but he did not survive in custody. Believe what you want, but those are the kind of people we just put in charge.

TheMercenary · 10-20-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

They captured him, but he did not survive in custody. Believe what you want, but those are the kind of people we just put in charge.

Yup. There is the Democracy everyone wanted to foist on the tribal peoples of the Middle East and North Africa.

TheMercenary · 10-20-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Compared to the cost of Saddam...if this trend continues, soon we'll all be able to afford our own dictator's!

I agree!

Aliantha · 10-20-2011, 05:34 PM

Thank you America. The world is a better place today because of what you did yesterday.

piercehawkeye45 · 10-20-2011, 05:47 PM

An article about Qaddafi that almost makes you feel bad for him. Almost...

http://www.theatlantic.com/internati...-world/247078/

tw · 10-20-2011, 06:13 PM

Never forget the 'misspoke' he did to cause his own eventual death. NATO would never have authority to do what it did had Kaddafi kept his mouth shut. When he said he would massacre all rebels, then he was advocating mass genocide. Only then did the UN authorize NATO to provide direct military support for the TNC (Transitional National Council). Without that air support, the rebels probably would have been crushed. Without Kaddafi advocating mass genocide, that air support probably could not have been authorized.

Now, the still pending second question. Discussed long ago an extended war so that TNC politics could stabilize. The question remains. Did this war last long enough for all Libyans to share in a common country? Or was it too short for various parties to unite in a common nation? We shall see. It appears war was long enough for the TNC to become a foundation for a united Libya.

TheMercenary · 10-20-2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

An article about Qaddafi that almost makes you feel bad for him. Almost...

http://www.theatlantic.com/internati...-world/247078/

Read this one....

http://reason.com/blog/2011/10/20/gaddafi-snuff-footage

ZenGum · 10-20-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Nope. Strawberry Festival Queen is forever.

Let me take you down,
cause I'm goin
strawberry queens
strawberry queens forever!

Oh yeah and in general, tacky to celebrate deaths, but ... fuck'im.

News radio here says he was captured with bullet wounds in both legs (kneecaps?

) and head, and died en route to hospital.

classicman · 10-20-2011, 07:33 PM

Liveleak had video footage showing him getting kicked and pistol-whipped earlier today.

Pretty graphic link here
and another here

10-20-2011, 02:52 PM	#19
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	sometimes I just love it here. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-20-2011, 05:34 PM	#25
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Thank you America. The world is a better place today because of what you did yesterday. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-20-2011, 05:47 PM	#26
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	An article about Qaddafi that almost makes you feel bad for him. Almost... http://www.theatlantic.com/internati...-world/247078/ __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

10-20-2011, 07:33 PM	#30
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Liveleak had video footage showing him getting kicked and pistol-whipped earlier today. Pretty graphic link here and another here __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-20-2011, 01:50 PM	#18
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	well let's not disappoint. A crone is like a bottle of fine aged wine. edit: Ah, shit I read that as simile, not smilie.

10-20-2011, 06:13 PM	#27
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Never forget the 'misspoke' he did to cause his own eventual death. NATO would never have authority to do what it did had Kaddafi kept his mouth shut. When he said he would massacre all rebels, then he was advocating mass genocide. Only then did the UN authorize NATO to provide direct military support for the TNC (Transitional National Council). Without that air support, the rebels probably would have been crushed. Without Kaddafi advocating mass genocide, that air support probably could not have been authorized. Now, the still pending second question. Discussed long ago an extended war so that TNC politics could stabilize. The question remains. Did this war last long enough for all Libyans to share in a common country? Or was it too short for various parties to unite in a common nation? We shall see. It appears war was long enough for the TNC to become a foundation for a united Libya.

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