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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
No they did this mostly for economic reasons involving oil and military equipment.
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They saved many many Libyans lives. I wouldn't care a damn about oil. All I see is that NATO saved lives.
There may be gains that could be made in every revolution but saying Sarkozy helped to rally his waning political support is baseless.
If the temptation was so great at little risk why did the US politicians backing off? Why did the AU not give their support early to the rebels? Why did Russia and China insisted on defending Gaddafi?
WHY? If it was merely about easy oil why the hell did the US politicians backing off from their country's involvement in Libya?
Why the so many people's argument that Libya was going to be a stalemate like Afghanistan and or Iraq? Many even still believe there's going to be insurgency...long persisting insurgency throughout Libya and or that the country is going to descend to prolonged civil war between the rebel factions. Only time will prove them otherwise and time will silent these people.
Now I tell you there is OIL in Syria. Come and get it!!! Why don't they rush? Is it because Syria's military is far tougher but but there's OIL!!! If you said Gaddafi's army wasn't tough why did US back off from their involvement. easy picking right? Oil to be gained after all!
In the end our beliefs make our judgment. And we quite objectively, are quite irrational beings when it comes to opinion.
The fact is the West involvement in libya has saved many Libyan lives and has changed their lives forever. Those people who were once under the burden of servitude and persecution to Gaddafi are now free people. Those who have suffered and suffered a lot now can live in peace as decent human being. If some people decided to betray this revolution to raise another dictatorship then curse them but each revolution is a worthy struggle to be tried.
Oil in my opinion will always profit either this or that foreign faction. If now it will tend to benefit the European bloc then so be it. Everyone gets what they deserve. Cest la vie, happy for these people. AND now the Libyans can enjoy the benefit of their oil rather than the money be pocketed by Gaddafi.
if only the Eqyptians could have a more genuine and lasting revolution. It is true that most systems are run by simple psychopaths(there is never a sophisticated psychopath), defective and failing human beings, functional chaos at best, deterioration to elite anarchy at worst. Self made kings undeserving of such titles, unrefined people who think too highly of themselves, damn annoying little people, regressed and backward.