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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (13 children)

He certainly played up to the role, presumably for egotistical reasons, but most of it was sabre rattling bravado. He wasn't seen as a genuine threat by Western intelligence agencies.

Also, NATO didn't have to kill Gaddafi directly in order to be instrumental to his deposition. You only have to look at the history of US intervention in Latin America for many examples of how regime change can be carried out via proxies and rebel groups.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

US involvement in South America has been brutal- we are responsible for terrorism, murdering innocent people to spread fear, creating civil wars...Societies were torn apart in ways they may never recover from. How can you consider this an option and publicly advocate for it? That's fucked up

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Cause it's whataboutism, not cause it's wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yey USA tankies!

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