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Thread #136495 Message #3129629
Posted By: akenaton
06-Apr-11 - 03:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bombing of Tripoli March-April, 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Bombing of Tripoli has just begun
Cynicism Teribus?......How's this? 1: It was extremely important that France, Qatar and now Italy have officially recognised the rebel ruling council as the "Government of Libya". That semantically overcomes the accusation about interfering in a civil war and bi-lateral agreements can be made between those "Governments".
So we are to adopt insurgents and recognise them as the official govt, to undermine any regime we dont happen to like/agree with? Very "democratic"!......Could this also be applied to "the Taliban"? Sunni/Shia insurgents in Iraq?.... The IRA?....the list is endless.
As you appear to be doing a bit of uncharacteristic wriggling, maybe I can be allowed one little wriggle. I was not advocating a socialist insurgency....just providing a debating point. Capitalism survives by searching out other resources and people to exploit, when a society becomes unsustainable. We have just run out of options......I dont think it will be long before we see much civil unrest, and the democratic mask will surely slip.