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Nope. Dragonsoul Send a noteboard - 21/03/2011 04:21:21 PM
After the colonization, there was a sizable amount of Italians living in Libya, who chose to stay and live under the king. When Gadhafi came to power, he seized their property and forced them out, killing some.

Now, 40 years later, payback for those Italians comes in the form of our Eurofighters bombing the shit out of Gadhafi's military assets, and helping Libyan rebels topple his corrupt regime. And I couldn't be happier.

Oh, and we didn't try to conquer Libya from the Ottomans. We did conquer it. And you know something? Just like in Somalia, pretty much all the infrastructure they have there was built by us. If we'd never taken it from the Ottomans, it would still be in the fucking Bronze age.
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Quite. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 04:41:39 PM 856 Views
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... completely surprising absolutely no one. *NM* Macharius - 20/03/2011 05:28:20 PM 346 Views
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Re: I think we should just ignore anything Russia and China says about human rights.. ironclad - 20/03/2011 11:12:11 PM 927 Views
exactly random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:13:28 AM 824 Views
Misquoted to the extent of ordering an emergency meeting of the Arab League uh? Wibble - 20/03/2011 05:41:45 PM 867 Views
Re: So within 24 hours of the 1st UN mandated action in Libya... Macharius - 20/03/2011 05:31:48 PM 996 Views
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That is a big miscalculation. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 06:10:34 PM 974 Views
Not really Wibble - 20/03/2011 06:23:52 PM 983 Views
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I dunno. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 06:59:18 PM 1002 Views
But the people who are going to think that way are going to do it no matter what random thoughts - 20/03/2011 10:13:36 PM 856 Views
The impression I got Ryan - 21/03/2011 04:14:57 PM 1054 Views
to much diplomacy and not enough action random thoughts - 21/03/2011 04:56:45 PM 880 Views
It is us vs. them. Tom - 20/03/2011 10:30:50 PM 1032 Views
Seriously. I can't believe Snoop and Rebekah's comments. It's like we had weeks to act. Tom - 20/03/2011 10:27:40 PM 973 Views
We have had weeks to act snoopcester - 20/03/2011 11:15:15 PM 967 Views
The French hit those vehicles in that military convoy 10 miles from Benghazi center. Tom - 21/03/2011 03:01:06 AM 932 Views
Because when you get involved in what is, unfortunately, an internal matter, Rebekah - 20/03/2011 11:18:16 PM 856 Views
Qatar is not part of Libya so it would still be outsiders interfering in an internal matter random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:25:30 AM 881 Views
I have to ask: nossy - 21/03/2011 03:13:31 AM 1051 Views
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Imo, it's not about "gratitude." nossy - 21/03/2011 04:05:41 PM 897 Views
I actaully like NPR and listen to them on a regular basis random thoughts - 21/03/2011 04:44:42 PM 932 Views
Well, that has all shit to do with Qatari participation. Tom - 21/03/2011 03:02:19 AM 853 Views
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Bullshit. Tom - 21/03/2011 01:37:32 PM 1092 Views
Well. Rebekah - 21/03/2011 06:58:19 PM 891 Views
That's odd. I'm not seeing any of this criticism. Tom - 21/03/2011 10:55:27 PM 876 Views
There's been plenty on Twitter. Rebekah - 22/03/2011 08:29:48 AM 1054 Views
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Indeed. And they should make sure it stays that way. Legolas - 21/03/2011 11:05:42 PM 946 Views
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Kuwait was involved in the Iraq War? *NM* Legolas - 22/03/2011 08:35:21 PM 329 Views
They were part of the famous Coalition of the Willing *NM* random thoughts - 22/03/2011 08:47:55 PM 341 Views
We got our authorization. Tom - 20/03/2011 10:25:10 PM 1038 Views
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it is already is a land war if you ask the people on the ground doing the fighting for weeks random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:34:10 AM 934 Views
Yeah, that's what I meant. Stephen - 21/03/2011 12:48:57 AM 852 Views
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Fuck that Aisha - 21/03/2011 12:47:54 AM 916 Views
you are always have been a fence sitter random thoughts - 21/03/2011 01:09:59 AM 852 Views
Fuck Gadhafi. Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 05:21:29 AM 787 Views
how full of yourself are you? Aisha - 21/03/2011 12:37:47 PM 982 Views
They're not my people. Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 02:22:46 PM 919 Views
Wha? nossy - 21/03/2011 03:55:51 PM 963 Views
Nope. Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 04:21:21 PM 957 Views
Ok. nossy - 21/03/2011 04:30:44 PM 898 Views
I challenge you to point out where I'd advocated killing anyone but him and the military... Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 04:45:05 PM 815 Views
The part where I said I misread should sufficiently cover that. nossy - 21/03/2011 04:49:18 PM 933 Views
Do something, get whined at. Do nothing and you get Rwanda. Druid - 21/03/2011 11:19:38 AM 1051 Views
I completely agree. *NM* Tom - 21/03/2011 11:04:34 PM 273 Views
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Don't me!! Druid - 21/03/2011 11:50:07 PM 856 Views
And you old enough to be her father, you should be ashamed... Wibble - 22/03/2011 12:17:55 AM 674 Views
She said she prefers experience to enthusiasm....... Druid - 22/03/2011 12:24:05 AM 792 Views
Funny. She told me it was all down to the size of your.....wallet. *NM* Wibble - 22/03/2011 12:33:33 AM 329 Views
You know what they say....big wallet....big everything *NM* Druid - 22/03/2011 12:38:56 AM 368 Views
"You old enough to be her father" is usually followed with "I'm impressed and envious" Tom - 22/03/2011 06:50:27 PM 831 Views
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