Comments by "The Zero Line" (@The_ZeroLine) on "Why Libya Remains Divided?" video.

  1. There is never a single “why.” There are dozens of competing factors that push actions and alliances. The issue you cite would just add weight to one side of the scales.
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  2. It’s amazing how many intellectually lazy people just say “the US it at fault” as if no other people or powers have any agency. No, while the US has contributed to both stability and instability in Africa + the ME, the 1,400 year old death struggle between Shias and Sunnis, a thousand different tribal rivalries, competing economic and geopolitical agendas and on and on, is the primary mover. Also, Gaddafi never had nukes. He had a primitive enrichment program. He was never close to nukes. So, he never had nukes to give up or was really capable of producing one. Anyway, how we got to the current predicament of Libya cannot be explained in a mere 20 minutes. For the record, I was not a supporter of Europe, Turkey and America’s intervention in Libya. Gaddafi was a monster, but they unleashed many monsters when they enabled the destruction of the regime. But after that, fighting became boosted by regimes, including Russia, the UAE and Turkey, who had even more cynical interests.
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  3.  @MrTaxiRob What about Turkey and France’s role? What about Putin’s role? What about the role of other North African countries? Oh, yeah, just “Obama.” You’re pretty bright, huh?
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  4.  @NicholasReedWriter They were never even close to having nukes. People act like Gaddafi had a nuclear shield, gave it up and then was overthrown. No, he never had a nuclear shield. All he had was a primitive enrichment program he tried to leverage.
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  5.  @scoobydoobers23 Having nukes would have obviously deterred foreign powers, but he didn’t. But North Korea was NEVER going to give up their nukes. Anyone who thought there was ever a chance to de-nuke NK is naive.
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  6.  @pjacobsen1000  Exactly. Iraq and Afghanistan cost the U.S., which now produces most of its own energy, quite literally 14+ trillion dollars. No amount of favorable oil access is going to make up for that.
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  7. Forgotten? Not by anyone who pays even the slightest attention to geopolitics.
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  8.  @belisarius9515  The French certainly don’t GAF about Ukraine. They’re giving the bare minimum, constantly calculating what’s just enough to keep from getting criticized internationally. But by comparison, Belgium makes France look like the UK, US & Poland combined when it comes to giving. They’re an utter disgrace.
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  9.  @sidp5381 lol, yeah, apparently the U.S. is behind every single problem in the world. What an intellectually lazy comment. No, while the US has contributed to both stability and instability in the Muslim world, the 1,400 year old death struggle between Shias and Sunnis, a thousand different tribal rivalries, competing economic and geopolitical agendas among North African countries, longstanding French, Turkish, Russian, ME, etc. interests in the country and region and on and on, all together form the actual story. Not just the reductionist “America did it” conclusion clueless dilettantes proclaim.
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  10.  @OktaviusBiedermann  I’m super cereal!
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  11.  @dairebulson7122  A sensible and realistic take.
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