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Title: Gaddafi dead
Post by: agricola on October 20, 2011, 08:28:45 AM
According to various news outlets.  Or he has possibly just been captured.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/oct/20/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live

Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Jocassee on October 20, 2011, 08:33:28 AM
I still think he punched out two months ago and is drinking margaritas with Mugabe.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: HankB on October 20, 2011, 08:40:47 AM
About 1/2 hour ago the radio reported he was captured alive but wounded in both legs. It will probably take a while before the "real" story comes out.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: MechAg94 on October 20, 2011, 09:44:40 AM
I just hope his replacement doesn't suck more than him.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: makattak on October 20, 2011, 09:48:20 AM
I just hope his replacement doesn't suck more than him.

That's unlikely.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fitz on October 20, 2011, 09:52:27 AM
NATO AND THE REBELS STRUCK HIM WITHOUT A TRIAL!



TRAVESTY!

HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WAS EVIL???? YOU'RE ONLY SURE OF THAT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT TOLD YOU!!!!!


NOW NATO HAS THE ABILITY TO KILL PEOPLE WIHTOUT A TRIAL! TRAVESTY! MURDER! INJUSTICE! BACON!
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fly320s on October 20, 2011, 10:03:26 AM
NATO AND THE REBELS STRUCK HIM WITHOUT A TRIAL!



TRAVESTY!

HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WAS EVIL???? YOU'RE ONLY SURE OF THAT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT TOLD YOU!!!!!


NOW NATO HAS THE ABILITY TO KILL PEOPLE WIHTOUT A TRIAL! TRAVESTY! MURDER! INJUSTICE! BACON!

Bacon?  Where?!
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Jamie B on October 20, 2011, 10:20:24 AM
I just hope his replacement doesn't suck more than him.
Exactly - sometimes the devil that you know is better than the one that you don't.

News reports claimed that the rebels are our friends, and waving US flags.

They used to say the same thing about Iran, when the Shah was in power.

These are cultures that we do not understand. Caution is required.
Title: Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount.
Post by: Laurent du Var on October 20, 2011, 10:37:01 AM
I've just seen what I believe was his dead face open eyed but gone and kicked around
on the telly.

I hope it was his, even dead the face in the sand looked better than he did alive. 



Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Monkeyleg on October 20, 2011, 11:07:35 AM
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I just hope his replacement doesn't suck more than him.

Oh, but that can't be. Sean Penn is confident that the Libyans will make the transition to democracy (link (http://news.yahoo.com/actor-activist-sean-penn-visits-post-gadhafi-libya-084831093.html)).

I just wish he'd let the CIA in on the secret, because neither they nor the State Department apparently know what form of government is going to fill the void.
Title: Re: Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount.
Post by: Jamie B on October 20, 2011, 11:15:36 AM
I've just seen what I believe was his dead face open eyed but gone and kicked around
on the telly.

I hope it was his, even dead the face in the sand looked better than he did alive. 




You mean this one? http://drudgereport.com/
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fl.yimg.com%2Fbt%2Fapi%2Fres%2F1.2%2FWnVx_bOCNJ38.NohDfCdBQ--%2FYXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zNjQ7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen_us%2FNews%2FReuters%2F2011-10-20T135106Z_01_EF01_RTRIDSP_3_LIBYA.jpg&hash=7bc4bf80cbac31f64c0e8142ade417a45a277ece)
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fitz on October 20, 2011, 11:18:22 AM
Me and a friend trolled the HELL out of the "support gaddafi" facebook page.

Id post the screenshots here, but it's offensive and rude.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: SADShooter on October 20, 2011, 11:25:58 AM
Oh, but that can't be. Sean Penn is confident that the Libyans will make the transition to democracy (link (http://news.yahoo.com/actor-activist-sean-penn-visits-post-gadhafi-libya-084831093.html)).

I just wish he'd let the CIA in on the secret, because neither they nor the State Department apparently know what form of government is going to fill the void.

Monkeyleg:

Once again, you fail to grasp the crux of the issue, blinded by your cynical logic and reason. Penn is an artist. He dosn't have to know, he feels it. It's called empathy, man! Who needs facts or reality when you have the puwer to emote?

OK. I tried...really. Excuse me for a moment.  [barf]

SADShooter
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fitz on October 20, 2011, 12:14:10 PM
http://www.theonion.com/articles/america-gets-set-to-enjoy-month-or-so-of-libya-see,21228/
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: longeyes on October 20, 2011, 12:16:04 PM
Sic semper tyrannis.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: makattak on October 20, 2011, 12:25:49 PM
Sic semper tyrannis.

I've been sitting here worried about the future for the region, but you're exactly right.

A tyrant is dead. What comes next may be worse, but, for now, at least we can celebrate a murderous dictator is dead.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: roo_ster on October 20, 2011, 12:40:45 PM
NATO AND THE REBELS STRUCK HIM WITHOUT A TRIAL!



TRAVESTY!

HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WAS EVIL???? YOU'RE ONLY SURE OF THAT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT TOLD YOU!!!!!


NOW NATO HAS THE ABILITY TO KILL PEOPLE WIHTOUT A TRIAL! TRAVESTY! MURDER! INJUSTICE! BACON!

If you slather bacon on the top of all of that, it looks kind of attractive.  Let me be the first to welcome our NATO overlords.

But, it is pretty obvious we need to arrest all the NATO leaders for murdering the man without a trial.  Despite being video taped making threats and planning all sorts of atrocities, he was not actually shooting kittens when captured & killed.  Woe, woe, how the rule of law is trampled.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fitz on October 20, 2011, 12:42:31 PM
If you slather bacon on the top of all of that, it looks kind of attractive.  Let me be the first to welcome our NATO overlords.

But, it is pretty obvious we need to arrest all the NATO leaders for murdering the man without a trial.  Despite being video taped making threats and planning all sorts of atrocities, he was not actually shooting kittens when captured & killed.  Woe, woe, how the rule of law is trampled.

Yep. Did anyone ACTUALLY SEE HIM WITH A GUN!?>!?>!?!>??!!!>!

If not, he needs a TRIAL

TRAVESTY! INJUSTICE!
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: roo_ster on October 20, 2011, 12:48:59 PM
Sic semper tyrannis.

All humor aside, that sentiment is evergreen.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on October 20, 2011, 01:07:52 PM
I'm a bit disgusted with the way he was treated after he was killed in battle.

Gaddafi didn't help himself by fighting to the very end... but anyone's body killed in war doesn't deserve to be dragged through the streets, smacked with shoes, or anything else denigrating.

If he's a truly bad man then bury him in an unmarked grave, or cremate the body, or something.

Parading a corpse is barbaric.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fitz on October 20, 2011, 01:09:17 PM
People in that part of the world are barbaric, terrible people.

In other news, water is wet
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: roo_ster on October 20, 2011, 01:13:52 PM
People in that part of the world are barbaric, terrible people.

In other news, water is wet

So, obviously we need to allow them to come to the USA in the millions.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fitz on October 20, 2011, 01:14:25 PM
YES! GREAT IDEA
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Jamisjockey on October 20, 2011, 01:21:22 PM
And remind me again why in the hell we got involved?  Oh, to help Italy and France with thier illegal immigration problem and oil supply.   :facepalm: Stupid me.

Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: longeyes on October 20, 2011, 01:23:48 PM
The irony is that Qaddafi was trying, post-Saddam, to be a nice boy, but he failed to anticipate the kind of President we now have.  

I'll believe in this White House's policies when I see Iran de-fanged, Saudi Wahhabism acknowledged for what it is and neutralized, and when we stop importing people from terror-sponsoring nations into our country for the cryptic ends of our State Dept.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: MicroBalrog on October 20, 2011, 02:16:41 PM
I'm a bit disgusted with the way he was treated after he was killed in battle.

Gaddafi didn't help himself by fighting to the very end... but anyone's body killed in war doesn't deserve to be dragged through the streets, smacked with shoes, or anything else denigrating.

If he's a truly bad man then bury him in an unmarked grave, or cremate the body, or something.

Parading a corpse is barbaric.

I'm failing to sympathize.

Italian partisans, AFAIK, abused Mussolini's corpse.

American troops mailed the skulls of Japanese troops to their loved ones.

Qaddhafi is dead. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: SADShooter on October 20, 2011, 02:22:14 PM
I do agree and sympathize. That said, the man earned his fate many times over, and I can't fault those whose loved ones suffered at his will for manifesting their rage and contempt in a manner I wouldn't.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: longeyes on October 20, 2011, 04:01:32 PM
So...who are we going to kill next?

Anyone?
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: makattak on October 20, 2011, 04:04:19 PM
So...who are we going to kill next?

Anyone?

Hopefully Achmydinnerjacket or someone with an Ayatollah in his name.


But, I'm fairly certain that's not going to happen under this administration.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Fitz on October 20, 2011, 04:06:30 PM
So...who are we going to kill next?

Anyone?

Right. Cuz we killed him.

The rebels shooting at him did nothing.

We are so far from the lead in this NATO operation, and yet this is another "ZOMG US MURDERS SOMEONE" situation

jesus
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 20, 2011, 04:20:48 PM
Right. Cuz we killed him.

The rebels shooting at him did nothing.

We are so far from the lead in this NATO operation, and yet this is another "ZOMG US MURDERS SOMEONE" situation

jesus

Didn't you know? Obama shot him with a .50 cal from 2000 meters. Or maybe it was a .32. Doesn't matter. Obama could make that shot with a 20 gauge.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: dogmush on October 20, 2011, 04:25:12 PM
Didn't you know? Obama shot him with a .50 cal from 2000 meters. Or maybe it was a .32. Doesn't matter. Obama could make that shot with a 20 gauge.

How about a Judge? =D
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: roo_ster on October 20, 2011, 05:14:54 PM
And remind me again why in the hell we got involved?  Oh, to help Italy and France with thier illegal immigration problem and oil supply.   :facepalm: Stupid me.

That about sums it up.  Oil & illegals.

The irony is that Qaddafi was trying, post-Saddam, to be a nice boy, but he failed to anticipate the kind of President we now have. 

I'll believe in this White House's policies when I see Iran de-fanged, Saudi Wahhabism acknowledged for what it is and neutralized, and when we stop importing people from terror-sponsoring nations into our country for the cryptic ends of our State Dept.

We have become paper tigers to our enemies  (Iran, Norks, etc.)and fickle friends to our allies (Mubarak, Gaddafi).
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on October 20, 2011, 05:24:54 PM
Hopefully Achmydinnerjacket or someone with an Ayatollah in his name.


But, I'm fairly certain that's not going to happen under this administration.
Probably not going to happen ever. Iran's double the size of Iraq, population-wise. They've got 20 million males fit for military service - which is about equal to the entire population of North Korea.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: BridgeRunner on October 20, 2011, 05:35:55 PM
My phone ate my post.

To sum up:

Mmmmm, bacon!

And,
Stomp his mutilated corpse into the dirt and then broadcast it worldwide. Time-honored tradition. Biblical, even.

"Deserve" is a meaningless word most often used to justify our own excesses or to ccondemn other people's perceived excesses. It means nothing.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: agricola on October 20, 2011, 05:47:09 PM
Tony Montana definately had the right idea about how to go out as a tyrant.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on October 20, 2011, 05:50:58 PM
My phone ate my post.

To sum up:

Mmmmm, bacon!


Huzzahh!  Three cheers for Bridgy!

Quote

And,
Stomp his mutilated corpse into the dirt and then broadcast it worldwide. Time-honored tradition. Biblical, even.

"Deserve" is a meaningless word most often used to justify our own excesses or to ccondemn other people's perceived excesses. It means nothing.

Aww.... and you had so much going for you with that "Bacon!" thing. :'(  

I catch a whiff of the stench of moral relativism in your post.

Deliberate mutilation of corpses does no honor to the victors of battle.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: gunsmith on October 20, 2011, 06:21:25 PM
A corpse feels little pain.
Perhaps he should have been tortured to near death then revived for a day or so, this way he could have been tortured and mutilated for weeks. It could have made a lot of money on pay per view.
Title: Re: Gaddafi dead
Post by: mtnbkr on October 20, 2011, 06:26:23 PM
And with that we'll close the thread.