Thread: The Libyan Crisis

Originally Posted by Mid

amazes me that we have folks willing to defend Despot Dictators here .

Well you must admit the "folks" who want to continue this do not have much of a track record when it comes to "Human Rights" issues.

These "folks" were quite happy to do business with this alleged Despotic Dictator in the past.

One source of the political setup in Libya.

Muammar Gaddafi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"In 1977, Gaddafi proclaimed that Libya was changing its form of government from a republic to a "jamahiriya" – a neologism that means "mass-state" or "government by the masses". In theory, Libya became a direct democracy governed by the people through local popular councils and communes. At the top of this structure was the General People's Congress, with Gaddafi as secretary-general. However, after only two years, Gaddafi gave up all of his governmental posts in keeping with the new egalitarian philosophy"

Believe this or not, he doesn't appear to be a dictator.