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iirc Libya had the highest per-capita GDP / quality of living/(?) in Africa before, now there are people being sold as slaves



Yes, https://www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-sta... , and yes http://time.com/5042560/libya-slave-trade/


Yes. The USA should quit meddling in places it doesn't understand at all.

"Don’t invade a country if you are too lazy to learn the language." is a good rule of thumb here.

http://www.pieria.co.uk/articles/why_the_worlds_biggest_mili...


Isn't lybia a dictatorship in both cases anyway ?


" Libya had the highest per-capita GDP / quality of living/(?) in Africa"

Except for the part where Gaddaffi was using his military against half his nation in revolt.




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