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reply posted on 2-7-2011 @ 12:39 PM by loves a conspiricy
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You have posted this twice........

EDIT: In differenct sections....you like the stars and flags eh hahahaha
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reply posted on 11-7-2011 @ 11:23 AM by olliemc84
You do realize that we are "helping" the east just to push our own agendas, right? Who is to say that they even asked for our help? And if they did, how do you know that it isn't a ploy that a brilliant individual devised to screw the United States? There is a beautiful little country called Afghanistan that was going through their own struggles in the early to mid 80s against what were thought to be revolutionaries for good called the mujahideen. The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan called on the Soviet Union to assist in the civil war and quell the uprising. Charlie Wilson and the CIA saw an opening to defeat the Soviet Union and potentially bankrupt them by assisting the rebels by supplying them with American made arms and to shoot down the USSRs most vital instrument of war, the Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter. The majority of the US aid was handed to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who later became a senior Taliban leader and supporter of al-Qaeda. You saw how history unfolded with those two factions.

Charlie Wilson

Not everyone who "asks" for help should automatically receive it. I'm a believer that the US should stay out of Middle Eastern conflicts at all costs. Us being there just rattles up the hornets nest even worse. The only reason for us being there is oil. It is the most important commodity on the planet, and whoever controls it, controls the world IMO. I doubt Obama or his policy makers or anyone else gives a s*it about the Libyan population or Syrians or anyone for that matter. Just as long as their actions promote American "interests", all is well.


reply posted on 11-7-2011 @ 03:34 PM by olliemc84
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No, Libyans weren't asking for the U.N.'s help. The U.K and France proposed the no-fly zone and brought it to the U.N. for a vote. The U.S. didn't get involved until Qaddafi's forces were on the verge of taking Bengazhi, which is the economic epicenter for Libya, what the rebels were fighting for. China, Russia, India, Turkey, and Romania, choose not to vote on Resolution 1973 because it would risk business ventures with Qaddafi and his oil in the future.

And I live in the past because history usually repeats itself in one form or another.


reply posted on 13-7-2011 @ 09:09 AM by Greatest I am
Originally posted by olliemc84
reply to post by Greatest I am


No, Libyans weren't asking for the U.N.'s help. The U.K and France proposed the no-fly zone and brought it to the U.N. for a vote. The U.S. didn't get involved until Qaddafi's forces were on the verge of taking Bengazhi, which is the economic epicenter for Libya, what the rebels were fighting for. China, Russia, India, Turkey, and Romania, choose not to vote on Resolution 1973 because it would risk business ventures with Qaddafi and his oil in the future.

And I live in the past because history usually repeats itself in one form or another.


I agree that we were slow to move, not with the rest.

Regards
DL
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