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I dunno, the fact that he was an authoritarian quasi dictator akin to Putin might've had something to do with it. He destroyed and oppressed anyone who opposed
by jotm 7y ago
I dunno, the fact that he was an authoritarian quasi dictator akin to Putin might've had something to do with it. He destroyed and oppressed anyone who opposed him, shelled civilians in the civil war, and let's not forget his personal guard, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonian_Guard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonian_Guard , which was straight out of a supervillain handbook.
- alluro2 7y agoI agree, but if you read about him a bit "wider", including periods before and some time after he came into power, it does seem like there were some really good things there that he tried to do, both in Libya and broader region (which were not in the interest of foreign powers, though). Afterwards, you start to see elements of insanity and paranoia and things getting much worse, but it does seem to an extent that those were a result of the hostile environment around him and maybe of failure to do things more "normally".