[Debate] Too good to be true.

[Benjamin Fogel]

Sigh personally I was hoping this would move to a far more productive
discussion, on the need to rethink recent diplomatic history. Especially the
real reasons for Brother Leader giving up the WMDS.

On Friday, August 26, 2011, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 26, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>> After his bloodless coup, Gaddafi didn't beg the West for money to
>> avoid "a legitimacy crisis."  That says something about the difference
>> between his coup, which was popular, and the TNC's coup, which
>> apparently isn't.
>
> So a "leader" can do any goddamned thing to his people and be OK in your
book as long as he doesn't ask for money from the West?
>
> You would last 5 minutes under Qaddafi or Assad.
>
> Doug
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