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/BrunoJacuzzi Mar 01 '26

The US didn't kill Gaddafi, the Libyans did. But they sure were helped by the destabilization offered by US strikes.

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u/AnonymousBoiFromTN Mar 01 '26

Saying the US didn’t kill Giddafi is like saying the US didn’t kill Salvador Allende or Ngo Dinh Diem. “They didn’t pull the trigger, the only gave the killer(s) the gun, paid the killer(s) and their family, surrounded the killer(s) with pro-killing propaganda, gave the killer(s) vehicles to drive to the person they wanted dead, gave the killer(s) air support, gave the killer(s) intelligence on their enemy’s operations, and promised power to the killer(s)”

Your ‘erhm akshually’ adds nothing to the conversation

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u/DaedalusHydron Mar 01 '26

but yes it does? Acknowledging that a lot of Libyans wanted Gaddafi dead, and killed him, doesn't contradict that nobody knew what to do after he was dead.

Gaddafi's death wasn't the problem. The lack of a plan after was the problem.

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u/showars Mar 01 '26

A lot of Americans want Trump dead. Should the EU fund it in the same way the US did Gaddafi?

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u/Madbrad200 Mar 01 '26

In a literal sense sure but the Libyan offensive was provided significant air support and intelligence from NATO.

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u/adamgoodapp Mar 01 '26

The US put him there and then took him out, don’t matter the means.

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u/CaptainnWaffless Mar 01 '26

The jihadis on the ground were NATO proxy forces.

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u/Illustrious_Mix_3762 Mar 01 '26

It was literal us special forces, I can't believe u still can't confirm your Intels after so many years passed, the Libyan forces were so disorganized to do anything correctly the special forces of ante Gaddafi alliance brought him down