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Even though it was reported some days ago that the possibility of loyalist ”massacres” of rebels was way overstated, I am still hearing Eugene Robinson still talking about “Qaddhafi massacring his own people.” Is Robinson really that uninformed or is he just lying to you? And are the news editors and producers at MSNBC pushing this agenda of promoting the use of American tax dollars to bomb Libyans in support of a French oil deal. As the magic 8-ball might say, “SIGNS POINT TO YES”.
Qaddhafi did not attack anyone until the Eastern rebels took military assets. If the rebels stood down, it is highly likely that the loyalists would respect a cease-fire and diplomacy could be given a chance. The truth is that the East has wanted a war for a long time. We see from various Wikileaks cables that the East is more conservative and Islamist than the West, and that the French had become impatient and disgruntled with Qaddhafi over business dealings. The Financial Times has reported that the more conservative East was concerned about Qaddhafi’s health and they are afraid of Qaddhafi’s son Saif coming to power and instituting the liberal reforms that he has been promising. And that is the reason we are dropping bombs on Libyans.
Why have CNN, the New York Times, and MSNBC, organizations that we expect to be anti-war, been such cheerleaders for this war? Well, the major investor in the Times is an oilman. The other two media outlets are owned by conglomerates; perhaps their major investors would have something to gain by cutting Qaddhafi out of the oil biz. Follow the money, and I’m sure the reasons we are killing Libyan loyalists will become much clearer.
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