Quote (Prox1m1ty @ 15 Sep 2023 19:00)
Got it. The narrative more important than the truth.
How culturally appropriate of you.
Why do you crave public humiliation so desperately? Are you a masochist?
The truth is and the facts are - there is no way a bunch of aboriginals would have been able siege a heavily armed city, then take on a military convoy of 75 armed vehicles if not for:
1) said convoy being bombed to shit by a NATO sortie
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The convoy was attacked at 08.30AM LT on Oct. 20, 2011, by a French Mirage 2000D that was called into action by an RAF E-3D AWACS. Gaddafi’s vehicle was intercepted by rebel fighters on the ground and he was killed (after being wounded) as he was being transferred.
A Predator (Note: according to other sources it was an RAF Tornado GR4 on a recce mission) monitoring Sirte movements spotted a convoy fleeing the city. The convoy, identified as being pro-Gaddafi, was attempting to force its way around the outskirts of the city. Since the vehicles had some mounted weapons and ammunitions, the US drone attacked it with Hellfire missiles.
As a result of the first attack, only one vehicle was destroyed but many others dispersed in different directions. Shortly after the disruption, about 20 vehicles regrouped and tried to proceed in a southerly direction. NATO again decided to engage these vehicles. Orbiting nearby there was a mixed flight of a Mirage F1CR and a Mirage 2000D that were immediately directed to strike the target. The Mirage 2000D dropped a GBU-12 on the convoy, destroying 11 vehicles.
2) certain NATO country breaching UN SC resolution and supplying aboriginals with weapons to fight Gadaffi with.
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Paris said on Wednesday it believed it had not violated the U.N. embargo because the weapons it gave the rebels were needed to protect civilians from an imminent attack, which it says is allowed under a later Security Council resolution.
France's weapons airlift, while possibly increasing the insurgent threat to Gaddafi, highlights a dilemma for NATO.
More than 90 days into its bombing campaign, Gaddafi is still in power and no breakthrough is in sight, making some NATO members feel they should help the rebels more pro-actively, something the poorly armed insurgents have encouraged.
But if they do that, they risk fracturing the cohesion of the international coalition because of differences over how far to go in trying to topple Gaddafi.
Now you can try to twist yourself out of this one my rattling friend.
This post was edited by Malopox on Sep 15 2023 11:08am