IS car bombings horror in Libya

[handyjack]

TRIPOLI: Multiple suicide car bombings struck an eastern Libyan town, killing at least 45 people yesterday not far from a main base of the Islamic State (IS) group's Libyan offshoot.


http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=396386

 

[Dextraneous]

Using an ambulance packed full of explosives is poignantly heinous

 

[tony1851]

Cameron did in Libya - on a smaller scale - what the US did in Iraq/Afcrapistan,
that is replace a stable, totalitarian regime, with a volatile and unstable mess.

Those people blown up can probably ultimately blame western politicians for meddling.

 

[Norcon]

It was supposed to be the "arab spring".
Muslims all over the arab world gaining freedom from dictators.
Leftwing commentators on here were even encouraging the uprisings.

Now they have isis to deal with.

 

[tony1851]

Correct; the usual pattern is that the ordinary, reasonably-educated middle-class citizens rise up against the military dictatorships, while the fanatics and extremists wait in the wings.

As soon as the dictators are deposed, the islamists move in (all their dirty work having been done for them) and take over.

 

[JBR]

I agree. I have been saying for a long time that we should just keep our noses out of these third-world countries, and that's not just our politicians but also our do-gooders and aid workers.
Leave them to their own devices. They'll all want to kill each other whether we're there or not, and our presence is not going to stop that happening.

 

[Whitespirit66]

History is littered with problems and disasters that didn't exist until the politicians got involved.

 

[mark vincent]

These countries would be better off with a bad government rather than no government.