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A coworker and I were talking about it at work today, and two other coworkers actually asked who we were talking about. They literally had never heard of him, so we had to explain the whole Libya thing to them. Wow, I guess some people just never read or watch news or anything. But they can tell you all about the last episode of American Idol or Dancing with the Stars.
Like Saddam Hussein, he could have retired early with his millions and still be among the living, but opted for another choice. Not to Monday morning quarterback, but stepping aside a few months back in a move to promote democracy and bringing in the UN to oversee the electoral process for his replacement could have landed him a legendary spot in his nation's history as a man of peace and promoter of freedom. Guess he wasn't interested in that.
It's funny how most Americans see it totally OK for other world leaders to be killed and dragged through the streets. Yet their own leaders (or puppet masters) are just as corrupt. Heaven forbid anyone suggest they should get the same treatment.
I dunno, man--it seems pretty weird no matter where it happens. I just think we expect it to happen over there. If it happened in (f.ex.) Canada or the UK, it would come off a lot more shocking due to our sense that Western nations are somehow more civilized. But Oliver Cromwell's head was still buried in an undisclosed location as late as the 1960s.
It's funny how most Americans see it totally OK for other world leaders to be killed and dragged through the streets. Yet their own leaders (or puppet masters) are just as corrupt. Heaven forbid anyone suggest they should get the same treatment.
Difference here is that we have a democracy and can vote our leaders out. Gadhafi was a dictator and would kill his own people....
He got what he deserved at the hands of his own people, whom he oppressed for years Live by the sword die by the sword.....
It's funny how most Americans see it totally OK for other world leaders to be killed and dragged through the streets. Yet their own leaders (or puppet masters) are just as corrupt. Heaven forbid anyone suggest they should get the same treatment.
A coworker and I were talking about it at work today, and two other coworkers actually asked who we were talking about. They literally had never heard of him, so we had to explain the whole Libya thing to them. Wow, I guess some people just never read or watch news or anything. But they can tell you all about the last episode of American Idol or Dancing with the Stars.
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