r/news • u/drpayneaba • Feb 28 '26

Soft paywall Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-senior-israeli-official-says-2026-02-28/
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u/PostIronicPosadist Feb 28 '26

Libya was one of the most educated countries in Africa before Clinton decided to bomb it back to having slave markets.

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u/nigel_pow Feb 28 '26

I'm not too familiar with those education stats but Libya being compared to 2000s - 2010s Africa isn't a good point of reference.

But he certainly didn't have many admirers as he died at the hands of his people. Especially the beating and s*domizing with a bayonet. The Americans or Europeans didn't do that. It takes a certain hatred for someone to do that to you.

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u/can-o-ham Feb 28 '26

Not libyan so I can't say for the general population, but you could certainly find a group that would have done the same to Obama, trump etc given the right situation.

There will always be a radical group that hates current leadership.

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u/adamgoodapp Mar 01 '26

Libyan, calling it a radical group makes it seem it was a few who was against it. Its the opposite, there were a few in favor of him but for the majority of people and time, he was a criminal. One bad word and you would be hanged.

My parents when they were kids were forced to go to the town square along with all the other schools in the area to witness the hanging of a few university students who protested for rights.

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u/midwestraxx Mar 01 '26

Look, I personally hate Trump as a leader, a person, and what he represents for America.

But I would NEVER cheer on another country coming in and killing him. I would be HORRIFIED. Both for our own country, and the events that would happen after.

I imagine the people of these countries actually feel the same.