At the risk of triggering more hysterical nonsense...
When you realize that he was captured alive , was dragged , and beaten , shot a few times while begging for his life by a pack of salivating killers , you might realize the INHUMANITY of it.
According to whom? The initial reports were that he was captured alive but there were also ones immediately following that he was dead. I don't know what happened and neither do you. We don't know if he was beaten or begging for his life. If you have footage to support this or even credible eye witness testimony, then post it.
It is up to the COURTS to decide what he was guilty of. NOT you ( who obviously bought into ;the Media accusations) or anyone else . It is up to the COURTS to provide FACTUAL evidence of his crimes ( as it is for any other suspect/ accused ) and not what the propganda machine has portrayed.
It is fact that Libya supported various terrorist groups and housed training camps for them prior to 9/11. W labeled Libya as part of the "axis of evil" and scared Gaddaffi into cooperating for a while. It is well documented fact that Libya sponsoured and aided the group responsible for acts like and including the Locherbie Pan-Am bombing. You can rant about my buying into media accusations but the fact is he waged a war against civilians who initially were peacefully protesting his rule. Hundreds of Libyan rebels died. Additionally, what courts do you think have the jurrisdiction to preside over crimes Gaddaffi committed? Personally I think it would be Libyan ones, not the politically motivated witch hunts orchestrated from the Hague.
No one is supporting him or his actions. But it is IMPERATIVE that we of the so called civilized part of the world maintain the rule of the law or we too will regress to his level of babarism. How he was captured , shot in cold blood ( premediated MURDER of the worst kind).......is a throwback into the dark ages.
Again, show us the evidence. The reports were that he had his infamous golden gun with him. Armed is "in cold blood" in your world?
BUT.........in thinking about this............one can almost see why it happened that way. AFTER ALL A PRECIDENT WAS ESTABLISHED BY the AMERICANS when they executed an old, sick man (OBL ) in front of his kids and family ......when they too could have easily taken him alive and showed the worlds a sense of decency even to the worst of criminals. THAT IS how civilized people behave. They follow the rule of the law ........NO MATTER WHO THE ACCUSED IS
This is laughably ridiculous. The precident of using lethal force on an accused criminal who threatens to use the same predates the United States. Hell, it predates most western countries.
and please don't go into the cost of the trial..........as that is pure bunk. A trial for both men would have been a profound learning experience for the entire world.....about what takes place in the dark rooms of politics.
What a trial can show depends on a number of issues, including the scope of the trial and the law(s) it is upholding. I don't know how much of a trial would have made the news and become general information under Libyan law. Are you an expert on Libyan law?
And yes.......show the evidence of their crimes. Have witnesses come forth with personal experiences that resulted from their crimes.
What a second... what about unproven accusations, like those you continually cast at the US?
and for the record" TERRORISM is a CRIME........is it not a statement of war.........AS if it was one could consider the many mass shootings in the US a "statement of war" , when they are terrorism at its worst. But that is another topic ...
No one is arguing that terrorism isn't a crime... you seem to arguing that Gaddaffi didn't support terrorists, however.
Heck.......the blood thirsty revenge fueled contingency could have made sure to have their executions televised as well. That would be the ULTIMATE in humiliation.
Killing someone provides an easy way out. Once dead....they cannot feel humiliated .......particularly when Pride and arrogance are such a big part of these criminals. That is what made them delusional ....power does that to people. Xtreme power is even worse.
I'm not going to argue that killing him didn't give him an easy way out, but dealing with deposed leaders, especially in situations without a strong democratic history, is dicey. Show trials, exile, prison sentences, even having them in custody while undergoing their country's version of due process, all have risks associated with them. Risks of generating enough public sympathy to revive hostilities. When a dictator is dead, a few sympathizers may long for the good old days, but they have to find someone to rally behind (and its possible that some may rally behind his sons), so they start off in a more precarious position to start with.
In short its easier on the Libyan populace to not have to deal with the circus and gives them a better chance for short term stability. Now I realize that doesn't seem all the palatable to the sensibilities of some but to the more pragmatic, I think the trade off is acceptable.
