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by djsumdog
3383 days ago
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Sad that America destroyed Libya. The country had health care, education subsidies, free electricity, housing subsidies .. if you talk to actual Libyans, no one believes their people revolted. The CIA pumped in those people and then carpet bombed the country. The nation had no debt and the highest GDP of any African country and overnight, the economy collapsed and the new installed dictators (a.k.a rebel freedom fighters) are in debt to the world monetary fund. Most Americas are totally unaware of the real situation, and when confronted, with be in total denial. |
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It wasn't the bombs that did the damage, it was 50 years of living in fear and afraid to criticize the leadership because you could, and would, just disappear and never be heard from again. You didn't have community organizers or anyone with a public persona that could help get people back together.
Instead you get a void that opened the door to power struggles from parts of the country that had been getting played against each other for decades. Then you got jihadists, etc. and we are where we are.
It sucks, we've had to help get some cars from Europe because they're all blown up, or can't be repaired because there's no parts. My aunt has had a hell of a time getting insulin, we had family have to go to Algeria for medical care after getting injured in blasts.
It's not in any way good over there, but don't think for one second those bombs were as bad as the poison that had swept in to that country since the war started- and don't think that they were nearly as bad as the thought of Ghadaffi and his family in power for 50 more years.
Since the Romans, to the Italians, and until recently it's been a place under near constant rule. It's gonna be bad for a lot longer, but don't blame the US for where it is.