Who are the Libyan rebels?

[Two Thumbs]

All I keep hearing is "they".

Who's leading them?
If there is a leader. Why won't he come forward and ask for help himself?

Are the rebels "good guys"? Or are they just a little less vile than Gaddafi?

Since the UN has made it clear we are there to kill more than aircraft and Gaddafi is on the to do list.

What steps into power?
Does the US get sucked into nation building again? Or will the UN try one more time?
Lets say we leave it to them. (shocking idea, I know)
The only thing there that is organised is the military and Islam. So they will end up with a brand new military dictatorship or a theocracy, and we see how well both work out... Well, if you are a man, Shiara is awesome! For the ladies, well, not so much.

BUT!!
What if the unions back their solidarity talk with some walk?
They could organise the hole country into a socialist utopia. That idea has failed everytime, but ya never know.


So, just exactly who are we helping and what are we helping them get?

 

[dilloduck]

All we need is a 'yes man' that will sell oil to the west. There's gotta be at least one there.

 

[WillowTree]

 

[Jroc]

Who knows they might be backed by Iran for all we know. Just shows the incompetence of Obama. I doubt he knows either.

 

[Two Thumbs]

All we need is a 'yes man' that will sell oil to the west. There's gotta be at least one there.

They all work for gadaffi.

All that would end up with is another dictator with access to the billions that oil brings.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Who knows they might be backed by Iran for all we know. Just shows the incompetence of Obama. I doubt he knows either.

Iranians are Persians. Arabs and Persian don't get along. Left over hate from the Byzintine Empire days.

 

[dilloduck]

All we need is a 'yes man' that will sell oil to the west. There's gotta be at least one there.

They all work for gadaffi.

All that would end up with is another dictator with access to the billions that oil brings.

Maybe he will be a nicer dictator

 

[Two Thumbs]

All we need is a 'yes man' that will sell oil to the west. There's gotta be at least one there.

They all work for gadaffi.

All that would end up with is another dictator with access to the billions that oil brings.

Maybe he will be a nicer dictator

With carpeted floors and smiley faces on the walls of the torture chambers!!

 

[Jroc]

Who knows they might be backed by Iran for all we know. Just shows the incompetence of Obama. I doubt he knows either.

Iranians are Persians. Arabs and Persian don't get along. Left over hate from the Byzintine Empire days.

Really? I guess hezbollah didn't get the memo. Niether did Al-sadr

Iran and Al-Sadr: Destabilizing the Middle East

Iran and Al-Sadr: Destabilizing the Middle East - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Why.......they're peace lovers who only want democracy aren't they?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Why.......they're peace lovers who only want democracy aren't they?

Apparently they have the support of Al-q or al-q is using this as a way in.

The odds of democracy are the longest of odds in my opinion.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Who knows they might be backed by Iran for all we know. Just shows the incompetence of Obama. I doubt he knows either.

Iranians are Persians. Arabs and Persian don't get along. Left over hate from the Byzintine Empire days.

Really? I guess hezbollah didn't get the memo. Niether did Al-sadr

Iran and Al-Sadr: Destabilizing the Middle East

Iran and Al-Sadr: Destabilizing the Middle East - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Good point. Money talks

 

[Kalam]

Who knows they might be backed by Iran for all we know. Just shows the incompetence of Obama. I doubt he knows either.

Iranians are Persians. Arabs and Persian don't get along. Left over hate from the Byzintine Empire days.

Really? I guess hezbollah didn't get the memo. Niether did Al-sadr

Iran and Al-Sadr: Destabilizing the Middle East

Iran and Al-Sadr: Destabilizing the Middle East - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Muqtada as-Sadr and Hizbullah are Ithna 'Ashari Shi'ites, like the regime in Iran.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Why.......they're peace lovers who only want democracy aren't they?

Apparently they have the support of Al-q or al-q is using this as a way in.

The odds of democracy are the longest of odds in my opinion.

shhhhhhhhhhh Don't let that out.

 

[Kalam]

The 'National Transitional Council' they established in Banghazi is chaired by Mustafa 'Abd al-Jaleel. He was Minister of Justice in the Gaddafi regime and garnered praise from human rights organizations for criticizing security agencies; he seems like a decent guy but could easily end up being another paternalistic authoritarian.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

The 'National Transitional Council' they established in Banghazi is chaired by Mustafa 'Abd al-Jaleel. He was Minister of Justice in the Gaddafi regime and garnered praise from human rights organizations for criticizing security agencies; he seems like a decent guy but could easily end up being another paternalistic authoritarian.

How loyal was he to gaddafi?

 

[Kalam]

The 'National Transitional Council' they established in Banghazi is chaired by Mustafa 'Abd al-Jaleel. He was Minister of Justice in the Gaddafi regime and garnered praise from human rights organizations for criticizing security agencies; he seems like a decent guy but could easily end up being another paternalistic authoritarian.

How loyal was he to gaddafi?

I'm not sure. He did resign pretty shortly after the protests started.

 

[Two Thumbs]

The 'National Transitional Council' they established in Banghazi is chaired by Mustafa 'Abd al-Jaleel. He was Minister of Justice in the Gaddafi regime and garnered praise from human rights organizations for criticizing security agencies; he seems like a decent guy but could easily end up being another paternalistic authoritarian.

How loyal was he to gaddafi?

I'm not sure. He did resign pretty shortly after the protests started.

People checked the odds.

I bet he nearly crapped himself when the rebels were down to a couple of cities and the USA still had not come to the rescue.

Hell, Capone was considered a great guy by many, if not most in Chicago.

 

[Bosun]

British cleric Anjem Choudary says al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood have assets on the ground in Libya and are ready to take control if Moammar Gadhafi is removed from power.

The top Muslim cleric accuses the U. S. and French-led coalition trying to topple Gadhafi of working to install a puppet regime, but he says there are al-Qaida operatives in Libya who will stop the West from installing a friendly government.

"Al-Qaida has their own agents and their own people in the region who are propagating their own Islamic ideas and their agenda. At the right time they will make the move, and we will see the emergence of Islam and Shariah in that particular region," Choudary said.

Read more: Look who's in line to replace Gadhafi Look who's in line to replace Gadhafi

 

[Kalam]

British cleric Anjem Choudary

...

The top Muslim cleric

Is that a reference to Choudary?