[throwawaymaths]

Was Gaddafi a murderous villain?

By my understanding he sponsored IRA terrorists and unnecessarily attacked Egypt and Algeria in some minor conflicts and a few public executions (Lockerbie was pretty clearly a Syrian action).... That's it? I do think he claimed to be a murderous villain since that was working for assad

I could be wrong but on raw terms it's not too far off from say any given us president in the last 100 years

[tokai]

So how many people do you need to get killed before you can be a murderous villain? You are actually underlining the point with your apologia for a dictator. It also would be nice if US presidents also took the consequences of their crimes. But your whataboutism is not really an argument for anything here.

[Georgelemental]

Probably most world leaders are "murderous villains" in some way or another. It sucks, but much better than universal anarchy and civil war

[themitigating]

Why is it a choice between allowing leaders to almost never be punished or complete anarchy

[throwawaymaths]

No apologia intended. I would call assad, putin a murderous villain. I would say Gaddafi murdered a few people.