RoofieMyselfForFun posted:

I will laugh so loving hard if Egypt becomes a more respectable and stable economy in five years, especially providing regular humanitarian needs like heathcare. I would love to see opponents to UHC dispute that

Cartouche posted:

Covering what exactly? Tweets from anon users?

Al-Saqr posted:

Cartouche posted:

You are mistaken. Hell, Gravy Jones just posted the stations that are covering it. WTF? Have you only been checking Spike, LOGO and cartoon network?
VVVVVVVVVVV

Gravy Jones posted:

Yeah, I realise they were talking about TV. I just find it really strange that they cover it online, but don't even mention it on TV. Don't they have any world news? Probably a topic for another thread and best not to derail anymore.

Samurai Sanders posted:

I didn't even know that you could point anti-aircraft guns at targets on the ground. Or can the protesters fly?

Toplowtech posted:

It would be funny if a far-away non-muslim country would revolt just after al-Gaddafi is removed from power. A country like Cuba.

The-Mole posted:

gently caress torture, there's no reason to debase ourselves. Just throw him in a cell with Never Going to Give You Up on infinite loop at a low volume.

killing_fields posted:

Do you guys think this is all caused, or maybe helped by the wikileaks cables? I've skipped a page or two here and there and I don't know if it's been covered.

The-Mole posted:

You've obviously never heard of LSD.

man thats gross posted:

In other news, Moammar Gaddafi,doing his best impression of Tony Montana, had this to say:

Joo think deez rats gonna provide you with food and electricity, mang? These caka-roaches gonna take away your oil. Joo hold one rifle and joo think jo're brave? Joo ain't nothin', mang!

Vladimir Putin posted:

This is absolutely true. Whoever is enforcing the no fly zone needs to be willing to bomb ground targets when they get painted by radar or fired on from the ground.


What is the over air time from Germany and France to Libya?

Slantedfloors posted:

His stated reason is that he didn't promote himself because "general" is to fancy a title for someone as humble as him.

There's also probably a practical reason to it, since in most military systems Colonels are the highest rank that can command troops in the field, allowing him to always have a bodyguard without looking paranoid or relying on someone below him to give orders.

Sivias posted:

The systematic slaughter of any human is a horrible thing. I don't understand why there is any leeway on the subject? Is there a "Well, they haven't killed 600 people yet, so we're not gonna do anything quite yet." ?
Under what conditions is the wholesale slaughter of human beings ok?

Brown Moses posted:

From the Guardian

Narmi posted:

Just out of curiosity, has the Patriot Act been repealed yet? If not, is there any plan as to how long it'll stay around?

Xandu posted:

He's being sarcastic because the patriot act is never going to be repealed.

Slantedfloors posted:

Can we somehow work in that the guns given to the rebels are paid for with drug money? That worked well the last time.

Brown Moses posted:

Saif is a loopy oval office:

I imagine he'll require the same kind of evidence Birthers would require to believe Obama isn't a Secret Kenyan Muslim.

davebo posted:

Istanbul was Constantinople?

YorexTheMad posted:

NPR is probably as close as you can get.

Xandu posted:

So does this make Gaddafi a general now?

Pureauthor posted:

I really don't get the 'firing guns as a method of celebration' thing.

Shageletic posted:

By area I suppose you mean the entire middle east. Nepotism is a trait shared by all dicatorships, from Kim Jong Ill to the junta in Burma, to Cuba and central Asia. Keeping it in the family centralizes power and ensures loyalty.

Cicero posted:

I actually think that most American youth have played enough military-themed FPSs and watched enough movies to at least attempt some military-style tactics, although to be sure, they would be poorly executed.