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mirza9, Karachi, Pakistan--Journalist. I just wanna get my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.
People moralizing from afar about how Gaddafi was killed fail to understand what state of mind people are in when fighting in a war.
No human being should be treated like that, but it's easy for us to say since we're not fighting for our lives. #libya #gaddafi
When you're fighting a war against a dictator who has fueled a half century of pent up rage, unfortunately, this is what happens. Grow up.
As unfortunate as it is, Gaddafi lived by the gun and he died by the gun. You moralize only because you can watch it on video at home.
American drones kill militants without trial every week and most are silent. A 'civil war' is fought,brutal dictator killed and it's immoral
I don't think anyone out there condones how Gaddafi was treated when captured. Fact is, that happens when you provoke people for 50 years.
Not about justifying a mob mentality, it's about understanding that it's a fact of such situations. To judge "new Libya" on it is premature.
I'd be proud of Libyan's if they took the moral high ground in Gaddafi capture but they didn't. Bloody revolutions end with blood #France
How about we just start moralizing and judging the "new Libya" when it actually begins to exist. Not judging the country because of one mob.
What you can judge is the Saddam execution which was carried out within an organized and constructed (sham) state legal apparatus.
What you can judge are extra-judicial assassinations without due process in Pakistan's tribal areas. Triggers pulled from suburban America.
Monologue over. :)
"American drones kill militants without trial every week and most are silent."
ReplyDeleteI think this is what a close friend of mine would call the "blushing crow" (think about it) of the piece. People who are hyperventilating about the summary execution of a brutal tyrant are silent about our own government's weekly summary executions of people based on mere accusation and supposition, often on the unsupported word of those who are known to have "an axe to grind."