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I thought the US bomb key military installations, weaken Gaddafi's armed forces and that led to his lynching.

Saw some doco a while back and it said that under Susan Rice/W Bush, Gaddafi was about to be brought back from the cold. That they have negotiated whereby he would agree to pay $1billion to the victims of that plane bombing etc.... but he did that and then do something else the US didn't like so there he goes.

With Saddam, the US has always been OK with him in power because he represent a balancing force against Iranian/Shiite dominance in the region. But he decided maybe he can sell his oil to a new exchange headed by Russia/China instead of the current USDollar exchange system the "international community" favours. So that's not very democratic.

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Back to the refugees crisis on the Mediterranean... they're not all terrorists or terrorists to be, just civilians trying to escape one big bloody war zone that's been going on for at least 13 years and doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon.

If we're in their shoes, and Australia is overrun by the new imperial China, most of us would be call "terrorists" in the People's Daily and the others would all want to get on a boat and head to New Zealand and Tasmania too.

<blockquote data-quote="luutzu" data-source="post: 867000" data-attributes="member: 58954">I thought the US bomb key military installations, weaken Gaddafi&#039;s armed forces and that led to his lynching.Saw some doco a while back and it said that under Susan Rice/W Bush, Gaddafi was about to be brought back from the cold. That they have negotiated whereby he would agree to pay $1billion to the victims of that plane bombing etc.... but he did that and then do something else the US didn&#039;t like so there he goes.With Saddam, the US has always been OK with him in power because he represent a balancing force against Iranian/Shiite dominance in the region. But he decided maybe he can sell his oil to a new exchange headed by&nbsp; Russia/China instead of the current USDollar exchange system the &quot;international community&quot; favours. So that&#039;s not very democratic.----Back to the refugees crisis on the Mediterranean... they&#039;re not all terrorists or terrorists to be, just civilians trying to escape one big bloody war zone that&#039;s been going on for at least 13 years and doesn&#039;t look like it&#039;s going to get better anytime soon.If we&#039;re in their shoes, and Australia is overrun by the new imperial China, most of us would be call &quot;terrorists&quot; in the People&#039;s Daily and the others would all want to get on a boat and head to New Zealand and Tasmania too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="luutzu, post: 867000, member: 58954"] I thought the US bomb key military installations, weaken Gaddafi's armed forces and that led to his lynching. Saw some doco a while back and it said that under Susan Rice/W Bush, Gaddafi was about to be brought back from the cold. That they have negotiated whereby he would agree to pay $1billion to the victims of that plane bombing etc.... but he did that and then do something else the US didn't like so there he goes. With Saddam, the US has always been OK with him in power because he represent a balancing force against Iranian/Shiite dominance in the region. But he decided maybe he can sell his oil to a new exchange headed by Russia/China instead of the current USDollar exchange system the "international community" favours. So that's not very democratic. ---- Back to the refugees crisis on the Mediterranean... they're not all terrorists or terrorists to be, just civilians trying to escape one big bloody war zone that's been going on for at least 13 years and doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon. If we're in their shoes, and Australia is overrun by the new imperial China, most of us would be call "terrorists" in the People's Daily and the others would all want to get on a boat and head to New Zealand and Tasmania too. [/QUOTE]

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