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A bit of both. He definitely did criminal things, but they look worse because Gaddafi was such a politically unpopular ("terrorist") leader in the west. If he'd
by dmurray 1y ago
A bit of both. He definitely did criminal things, but they look worse because Gaddafi was such a politically unpopular ("terrorist") leader in the west. If he'd got the same funding from the Obama regime, surely he would never have gone to prison.
- motorest 1y ago> If he'd got the same funding from the Obama regime, surely he would never have gone to prison. Speaking as someone who isn't french, If Sarkozy received the same funding from Obama it would have beem extremely shady. From Gaddafi it sounds outright treacherous.
- crimsoneer 1y agoI mean, I don't think we need to put air quotes around "terrorist" for Gaddafi. This was a ruler who was happy to bring down Western passenger jets and put bombs in night clubs.
- monerozcash 1y agoThis is France, getting money from Obama would likely have been worse.
- ahoka 1y agoWow, calling the Obama administration a regime seems like... a dog whistle?
- JuniperMesos 1y agoThere are so many different political perspectives that would inspire someone to use the word "regime" to talk about Obama's presidency of the US, that I'm genuinely not sure which one the parent commenter is likely coming from. It's not a dog whistle it's a whistle for every type of animal.