Comments by "BVargas78" (@BVargas78) on "CGTN" channel.

And when Nato went to do a 'no fly zone' they broke the conditions by attacking Gaddafis tanks.
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@storm7090 Gaddafi had left all that behind though and ever since the late 90's and early 00's had been on a rapproachment with the UK/EU and the west. Though it will never make up for it, he paid compensation to victims of terrorism that occured under his watch. He helped with the war on terror vs Al Quaeda by following western leads to arrest and interrogate suspects, and share the information. There was quite a lot of trade with Europe, he was also friends with Berlusconi and had a treaty with Italy that he would shield them from mass immigration. His son Saif, had many liberal views and would speak of leading Libya into a democratic civil society once his father passed away, and studied in London while Tony Blair would boast that Gaddafi, compared to other dictators like Al Assad and Saddam Hussein had turned a new leaf and was an example of how they could be redeemed. That suddenly changed in arab springs though, and Libyans went from enjoying broadband internet and xbox 360 gaming in their homes, to not even having running water in their homes anymore and having to get it from a well.
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Being on ones doorstep, and of a similar culture makes it more impactful to people. Than if it is a foreign country on the other side of the world. It also makes it scarier and easier to empathise with the victims, if it is nearby. Think oh how it must feel to Poland, or the Baltic states. Pretty scary I imagine. But a lot of people in the west are anti war, even if it is in the middle east there are typically very large protests in favor of stop the war.
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@storm7090 I don't see any convincing evidence of that. I searched 'Saif Gaddafi Iron Maiden' And even 'Saif Gaddafi Wedding R@pe' and it didn't bring anything of that nature up. Some of the hits mentioned rape allegations vs his father Muammar though.
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It's uncanny! Pretty cool :)
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