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Originally posted by Reaching
Regardless of who is right and who is wrong, he should have stepped down to protect his family. From my perspective, there is nothing more important than family.
Originally posted by McCool
The NWO will get what they want, one way or another, no matter what anybody does. I just hope the Libyan people don't have to suffer too much in that process.
"First they came…" is a famous statement attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group. The text of the quotation is usually presented roughly as follows:
First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, [Middle easterners]
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew. [Middle easterner]
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
-Pastor Martin Niemöller
Originally posted by ModerateSkeptic
reply to post by malcr
Paid Mercenaries or not, why do most of the rebels have really long beards, and (more importantly), prayer bumps ?
en.wikipedia.org...
By just looking at the pictures of the rebels, I can tell they are by the very least very religious muslims, if not extremists, you make out the rest.
Also a bit off topic but related; In Egypt whenever I saw pictures of rebels invading the secret police headquarters, they had long beards and prayer bumps.
Here:
www.youtube.com...
It's a crappy video but you can see glimpses of their faces here and there.
The more time passes, the more I start to believe that the next North Africa / Middle-East will be an anti American one (Egypt already denied the US access to their bases to launch strikes on Libya, that's a bad start, and they are warming relationships with Iran, which has pissed off the Emirates).
Here:
www.telegraph.co.uk...
And this:
www.thenational.ae...
Even though they deny it, it is true, my relatives were unable to obtain a travel visa to U.A.E because of this.
My point: You be the judge, a dictatorship which is western friendly, or extremist rebels (Iran friendly). Either way, the people LOSE.
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Originally posted by ModerateSkeptic
reply to post by malcr
Paid Mercenaries or not, why do most of the rebels have really long beards, and (more importantly), prayer bumps ?
en.wikipedia.org...
By just looking at the pictures of the rebels, I can tell they are by the very least very religious muslims, if not extremists, you make out the rest.
Also a bit off topic but related; In Egypt whenever I saw pictures of rebels invading the secret police headquarters, they had long beards and prayer bumps.
Here:
www.youtube.com...
It's a crappy video but you can see glimpses of their faces here and there.
The more time passes, the more I start to believe that the next North Africa / Middle-East will be an anti American one (Egypt already denied the US access to their bases to launch strikes on Libya, that's a bad start, and they are warming relationships with Iran, which has pissed off the Emirates).
Here:
www.telegraph.co.uk...
And this:
www.thenational.ae...
Even though they deny it, it is true, my relatives were unable to obtain a travel visa to U.A.E because of this.
My point: You be the judge, a dictatorship which is western friendly, or extremist rebels (Iran friendly). Either way, the people LOSE.
edit on 1-5-2011 by ModerateSkeptic because: (no reason given)edit on 1-5-2011 by ModerateSkeptic because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by wonderworld
Originally posted by moonpie86
Im not sure if this link has been posted already. For those who are asking if this really happened. Look at some more facts. Earlier that day Gaddafi said he was ready for negotiations if NATO would stop the planes.
TRUCE OFFER
*sighs*
After the airstrike, apparently gunshots of celebration were let off. SICK!
Oh my God, are you serious? Gaddafi was ready for negotiations and a truce and his family is dead the same day. If true this would be against the Geneva Convention and be a severe war crime. I need to check on this further. Youre right, sick! Then to celebrate the deaths of those children..................I'm speechless.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Originally posted by McCool
The NWO will get what they want, one way or another, no matter what anybody does. I just hope the Libyan people don't have to suffer too much in that process.
Thats only true if the majority of us think the way you do.
The people of the world are always the majority. The ruthless inhumane banking and corporate interests are always in the minority.
We the people can make them stop, if we dont stand around with our thumbs up our butts and mutter to ourselves while they slowly kill off sovereign nations one by one. Either by slow erosion of sovereignty (in the west) or force, (in Africa and the Mid East.)
What we allow to happen to others will eventually come home to us, because the people orchestrating this are loyal to no country and that countries people. They are mulitnationals, and they dont need any one nation. They use each nation for what it has. The US for its military, the mid east for its oil, but they have no NATIONS interest at heart. Look at America. Look at it. Dont be fooled by the fact that because our military is being used to do this that it is about "us." It isnt. They are waging economic war here at the same time they are using our military resources to wage physical war elsewhere.
Originally posted by Itop1
Russia seem to be getting very verbal regarding the Libya situation, do you think Russia could get involved and how much further do you think this would need to escalate befoe russia says "Enough if enough".
Originally posted by MikeboydUS
reply to post by TheMaverick
There will never be peace.
There will always be violence. Humans are violent. Animals are violent. The Earth is violent. Nature is violent.
Violence and destruction are constants in this universe.
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
Terrorists are being called rebels or freedom fighters and most believe this.
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
Well either the majority of americans and western europeans are extremely stupid(UNLIKELY) or they WANT capitalism. My money is on the second option. Obviously I do not disagree with what you say but the MAJORITY do and you can see this at yahoo or any other mainstream site....