A Quick Memo For Future Western Governments: A Lesson From Libya

Date: 7 March 2011

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Lissen-up, ya'll. Only got time to send this memo 'round once.

If'n you sell boatloads of gee-whiz-modern weapons to lunatic dictators, 'cuz ya wanna make some dough and curry their favor, remember this: The most likely target for your toys will be the civilians in that country, and you'll be left to clean up the GodAwfulHumanitarianTragedy created by those lunatic dictators, to whom you sold those boatloads of gee-whiz-modern weapons to make some dough and curry their favor.

And, no matter how much cash you make today, you'll be spending shitloads more on the cleanup of the GodAwfulHumanitarianTragedy before too long.

And you'll end up like Lady MacBeth, desperately trying to wash the blood from her hands.

Better off drilling for our own oil and gas, mining our own coal, developing our own hydro and nuke capacity. Lots cheaper, and saves millions of lives.

And, if'n you don't believe OldSouth, you can hit the BBC Live Feed here, and see fer yerself.

Shit-fahr, yall. Don't take my word fer it.

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