Why are dictators so damn stupid?

[jimslip]

They are certainly chucking in those Tomahawk Cruise missiles, ?300,000 a pop and they fired 112 of them last night, which I believe is ?33,600,000 for one operation!!cigar!!cigar!!cigar!

Thus is war! Many die and some get very rich.

As in Iraq, we the public know jack shit about what's ACTUALLY happening out there. In fact I think most of the politicians don't know either. As my thread opener suggested, "Why are dictators so stupid?", maybe Gaddafi wasn't stupid after all.

How do we know that his "Attack" on Benghazi wasn't actually a false flag operation by the rebels themselves, to draw in the Coalition into a full scale conflict? They had captured some tanks and even had a jet fighter, which mysteriously, was "Accidently" shot down. According to reports, "Gaddafi had sleeper cells of snipers hidden in Benghazi," Oh yes? Why were they "Sleeping?" Again could it not be the rebels themselves? Do they give a toss about, "Collateral damage?" I think not! To them, the removal of Gaddafi is paramount at ANY cost.

It's all starting to stink already! It would not be the first time the false flag tactic has been used in history!

The problem is where there is oil and religion, there is always confusion of motives from all sides.

[David Johnson]

Good selection.

Pinochet, what a nice man he was, eh? Thatcher thought the world of him apparently.

Cheers
D

[David Johnson]

So yesterday Cameron and Hague were playing up the backing of the Arab League for their action.

Today, however, the head of the Arab League criticises the air strikes and states that they went beyond what the Arab League backed. He stated
"what we want is civilians' protection not shelling more civilians."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... e7921da560

Interesting to know what involvement we will see from the United Arab Emirates which was one of the countries quoted as getting involved. It's worth pointing out that the UAE has a bigger airforce than the UK's as far as I am aware.

Cheers
D

[jimslip]

ALL politicians of ALL parties are a bunch of crooked BASTARDS!

[David Johnson]

"ALL politicians of ALL parties are a bunch of crooked BASTARDS!"

No, they are not.

Is Caroline Lucas, the first Green MP elected in the UK a crooked bastard? I suspect not.

Was Clem Attlee the prime minister of the great reforming government that brought in the NHS and the welfare state a crooked bastard like David Cameron?

No....obviously!

Cheers
D

[andy at handiwork]

I imagine that at the time it was thought better to have Gadaffi inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in, as they say.

[RoddersUK]

There's fuckall legitimate about the Libyan govt. They usurped an established monarchy. Gadaffifuckingduck and his cronies are anything but legitimate.
This BASTARD has funded International Terrorism for years as a way to hit at the western powers. Without his money and weapons the IRfuckingA would have been a darned sight less effective than they were.
If King Idris was such a bad ruler why has so much of the Libyan population been opposed to Gadaffiduck?
This is one bastard who needs killing for the sake of the Libyan people.
The shame is that the US failed to kill the bastard when they carried out airstikes in an attempt to kill the twatt.
All the rest of you hand wringing metrofucking sexual twatts need to open your fucking eyes and get real.
This twatt needs taking out and that is a fact, and see if I care one iota if you fucking disagree.

[RoddersUK]

So you're saying it is OK to fund terrorists are you?