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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said his people were preparing for a long war and would defeat the Western nations which attacked his forces with air strikes overnight.
Gaddafi, in power for four decades, sounded defiant, saying repeatedly he would not be forced out of by a "crusader alliance" led by the United States, Britain and France. In a speech broadcast on state television, he said: "These are only terrorist actions, but those who will succeed are those who belong to the land, the one on the land is the one who will win the conflict. "You are unjust, you are the aggressors, you are beasts, you are criminals. Your countries are against you. There are protests everywhere in Europe, in America against the steps you're taking against the innocent Libyan people. The people are with us, even your people are with us. All the people on earth are against you. "You will fail like how Hitler failed, Napoleon failed, Mussolini failed. All tyrants fall under the feet of the people. This is the era of the people and the great Gaddafi revolution".
Originally posted by TechUnique
reply to post by RANDOMguess
No-one would need to.
If the current situation works out for NATO forces then just wait until some more civilians get killed by their government or military, even if not at all related to the government or military then NATO forces will definitely be likely to say something.
All they have to do is wait until they can start a war with someone who DOES have people to back them then BAM. WW3. Looking at the big picture it is quite easy to see!
Originally posted by Darth_Prime
If this is the start of World Ward Three.. or the next "Humanitarian Mission" we began.. the fact is that this will have lasting complications.. anytime you Launch an Assault on a country it will have further repercussions
Originally posted by TechUnique
Originally posted by Darth_Prime
If this is the start of World Ward Three.. or the next "Humanitarian Mission" we began.. the fact is that this will have lasting complications.. anytime you Launch an Assault on a country it will have further repercussions
Further repercussions will result in great change. Although usually TPTB prefer as little change as possible they need some drastic change at the moment to carry out the last steps of their ultimate goal, one world government.
Dramatic change and complication is needed in order to completely revolutionise the current world power hierarchy.
WW3 will mean depopulation and it will also mean the opportunities for military campaigns which will have great potential for shifts in power.edit on 26/10/2010 by TechUnique because: (no reason given)
In January 1986 Gaddafi proclaimed a "line of death" across the Gulf of Sidra, warning that if American ships or planes crossed that line they would be destroyed. In March the U.S. responded with Operation Prairie Fire, consisting of 45 ships and 200 planes. Aircraft from the Sixth Fleet's three carriers, Saratoga, Coral Sea and America, made forays across the "line of death." Then three surface vessels crossed the line, supported by planes overhead and Los Angeles-class attack submarines beneath the surface. On Monday, March 24, the Libyans fired several SA-5 surface-to-air missiles, but none came close to hitting an American target because they were diverted by jamming devices carried by EA-6B Prowler aircraft. Vice Admiral Frank Kelso, Sixth Fleet's commander, waited until dark to respond. A pair of A-6 Intruders from the America hit a Libyan attack boat with HARMs (high-speed anti-radiation missiles). Several more Libyan vessels venturing near the fleet the following morning were struck, with one confirmed destroyed. Reagan congratulated the airmen and sailors of the Sixth Fleet, some of whom wore "Terrorist Buster" t-shirts and buttons, for a job well done, and on Thursday, March 28, the naval "exercises" were concluded. There were no American casualties; 56 Libyans had been killed.
In 1986, CIA and State Department political officers proposed encouraging a coup against Muammar Gaddafi -- a plan supported by CIA Director William Casey, National Security Adviser John Poindexter, and Secretary of State George Shultz. President Reagan authorized a campaign of disinformation and destabilization which included CIA operations to aid and abet Libyan dissidents and exiles. The CIA and NSC leaked false information about Gaddafi, implying that he was impotent, insane, and a cross-dresser. The campaign came under fire when the Washington Post revealed the details of the scheme on October 2, 1986.