The Seeker 3,048 Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 On 08/11/2014 at 07:37, pesky1972 said: On 07/11/2014 at 16:44, The Seeker said: Are we really surprised? This is how they repaid us after we supported them overthrowing Gaddaffi Who are 'they'? 'We' can't just go wading into civil wars in other countries and expect that once the 'dictator' has been ousted everyone will hail us as the heroes. Half of Libya didn't even want Gadaffi out....and now they hate us for supporting the rebels. I can't blame them. It's their country, they have to live in it, and many could see the years of violence ahead and so would rather it all stayed the same. Don't forget also that this was the same 'dictator' the UK gov & BP were shaking hands with shortly before this all kicked off. One thing Gadaffi apparently didn't tolerate was extremists. My understanding is that many were driven out into the desert and shot. Many Libyans felt that the rebel army was supported by many with a more extreme muslim agenda. With hindsight, and the apparent almost u-turn we've done with Assad in Syria, the new spectre of ISIL in the region, do you think we'd remove Gadaffi if he was still there today? Genuine question. That may well be so, my post is nothing to do with the overthrowing of Gaddaffi, I tend to agree we should stop becoming involved in the politics of backward countries, my post is about the total disrespect for the graves of young British men who died freeing that shithole from nazisim in WW2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Onlyworkmatters 1,584 Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) ......... Edited November 8, 2014 by Onlyworkmatters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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