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On 5/24/11 11:53 AM, Vladimiro Giacche' wrote:
You're obviously right.
But you forget an important fact: this war was prepared and launched in
a few weeks.
Also the public opinion in western countries was - so to speak -
prepared for war in a couple of weeks, using the real uprising against
Gaddafi and a lot of false news.
I would add that this rapid deployment of mainstream media is one of the
most important factors in this war - and a quite astonishing one.
A lesson for all us, for the future.
I don't question the demonization of Qaddafi, the CIA ties to elements
of the self-elected leadership, etc. What I question is the notion that
the West and Libya were on some type of Milosevic collision course.
There are all sorts of desperate attempts to paint Qaddafi as an
anti-imperialist hero. Such a bid is only possible by flushing 10 years
of history into the memory toilet.
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