Actually I have a serbian friend who remembers Tito and communism fondly. According to him you could even legally buy porn back then which surprised me. Yugoslavia's economy was also much better back then and all the racial fighting and bullshit did not happen.
This article also describes what we've just discussed..................PS - Happy Anniversary, Commies!
Or post-Saddam Iraq. I would think many Iraqis look back fondly at the pre-2003 era. It amazes me that western governments, even the ones that were smart enough to stay out of Iraq, have haven't learned from such a similar situation that happened so recently.
That is a pretty good example - security has deteriorated, violence has hugely escalated, but on the bright side, people can vote in elections.........hmmmmmmm.
Unless his brothers turn on him. I wouldn't be surprised if he was in some Beduin tent in the desert. Addressing his people by phone seemed to be a really strange thing to do.
Most likely Libya will end up looking like Iraq, Afghanistan, or possibly even Somalia. It's amazing how well our spreading of freedom & democracy has 'helped' these countries ..:eyebrows:
The UK-led move to intervene was all about revenge over the handling of the Lockerbie bomber's return to Libya and welcoming parade that made the UK government look like fools, esp to the U.S. It is payback. It is naive to think the timing was co-incidental and all of a sudden the UK was concerned about democracy in Libya out of the blue. The rebels were useless without NATO air support, and had it not increased far beyond the UN mandate to basically make RAF stand for the 'Rebel Air Force', the rebels would have all been lined up against a wall as traitors and shot in their defeated city of rebellion long ago by government forces, which would have made the UK look like fools again, since they backed/encouraged this rebel coup/revolution in the first place. Ah, international politics and diplomacy...
All very true.
NATO isn't working for free here. Someone will have to foot the bill for the operation. Just a guess on my part, and I'm probably being a bit cynical, but theres probably been contracts with the rebels to repay the associaited costs via oil, at a predetermined price (probably a lowball price).
It's always about yourselves, isn't it. Maybe that's why the rest of the world is tired of "y'all"All very true.
Was just putting a US 'spin' on it more to the liking of our myopic friends on the right here in the USA...
