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2011-02-22 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 He's never going to get this cat back in the bag. Its not going to quiet down and he cant kill enough people to make it go away.

He needs to fill his suitcase with gold and get a quick private jet to anyplace that will take him. Who will take him? I will bet he doesnt have a soul out there who will be a friend in need. Not even Chavez will touch him. He hasnt got anyplace he can go.

He will cut and run as soon as he has a place that seems to offer haven. But with none available he will hold out until his own military hangs him on a guthook.
And the end result of his life will be what's scrawled on a toilet door.
In southern Russia there once was a general of the Whites who failed and was executed by his own men. A slang term in that part of Russia may still refer to rural outdoor privies as "Dershensky's Headquarters". Kadaffy should be so lucky.

Posted by Dribble2716 2011-02-22 08:15|| 2011-02-22 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 He's had some pretty violent insurrections in the past. I'm betting he thinks he can repress this one. Expect lots more blood.

Posted by Water Modem 2011-02-22 09:28|| 2011-02-22 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Now it's the time for Peace Loving People of Egypt to save their Libian Brothers from the Blody Handed Tyrant!!!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-22 10:09|| 2011-02-22 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 he cant kill enough people to make it go away.

We're going to find out a bout that.

Posted by Spaising Thaiting6528 2011-02-22 10:19|| 2011-02-22 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Now it's the time for Peace Loving People of Egypt to save their Libian Brothers from the Blody Handed Tyrant!!!

FWIW, I heard an NPR report that some are loading up their cars with aid and driving to the border with Libya and giving it to the demonstrators.

Posted by gorb 2011-02-22 12:13|| 2011-02-22 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 I was thinking more in terms of the Peace Loving Egyptian army invading Libya to liberate the oppressed oil wells.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-22 12:31|| 2011-02-22 12:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Hopefully this evil SOB will be swinging froma lampost by tomorrow morning. Justice for PAN AM-103 finally arriving.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-02-22 13:00|| 2011-02-22 13:00|| Front Page Top

#8 That's one of the problems with being a despised dictator. Hard to retire.

Posted by gorb 2011-02-22 13:52|| 2011-02-22 13:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Justice for PAN AM-103 finally arriving.

Yes. And how about a "compassionate execution" of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi while you are taking care of Qadaffy? The guy that was part of Great Britain's catch and release program.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-02-22 14:26|| 2011-02-22 14:26|| Front Page Top

#10 Actually, Egypt intervening in Libya might be the least worst solution in a long list of bad solutions -- like when Vietnam invaded Cambodia and stopped the Kymer Rouge.

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-02-22 15:39|| 2011-02-22 15:39|| Front Page Top

#11 he cant kill enough people to make it go away.

I wouldn't bet on that. Gaddafi did not inherit his position. To get to the top of a dictatorship, you have to have some awe-inspiring political skills. Mubarak served until he was physically unable to, for health reasons. Ditto with Ben Ali.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-02-22 18:29|| 2011-02-22 18:29|| Front Page Top

#12 Splainit: that's his way of having fun. Deel with it.

Posted by Ebbung McGurque7987 2011-02-22 18:51|| 2011-02-22 18:51|| Front Page Top

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