# Libya too?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595 "2011-02-16T16:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 96
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1901 "2011-10-20T17:05:40Z")
Three down. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1902 "2011-10-20T20:19:15Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > How will this affect the other dictatorships in the Middle East after witnessing this unparalleled event unfold? Greatly. _The New York Times_ [recently reported](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/world/middleeast/assad-supporters-hold-rally-in-aleppo-syria.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper) on a rally in Syria in support of Assad. Considering that there was similar support in Libya and elsewhere for Gaddafi, this article is ironically prescient. ---
**Author:** ![blienmeis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@blienmeis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blienmeis)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1903 "2011-10-20T20:23:40Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Video, not gonna link to it, confirms death. > > Two to go. Which two? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1904 "2011-10-20T20:25:50Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > I wish I could send some congratulations to Libyans, but I don’t know how/where to do that. Embassy of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2600 Virginia Ave NW, Suite 705 Washington DC 20037 email: [libya@libyanbureaudc.org](mailto:libya@libyanbureaudc.org) ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1905 "2011-10-20T21:39:31Z")
Now what?? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1906 "2011-10-20T22:01:31Z")
Now we wait a decade or too and see if they can get their act together. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1907 "2011-10-20T22:06:47Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Now we wait a decade or too and see if they can get their act together. No, now we move in and set up casinos and brothels! C’mon, it’s gonna happen, why should Salozzo’s family get in on that action first, huh?! Wait . . . Libya, not Cuba . . . ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1908 "2011-10-20T22:12:40Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, now we move in and set up casinos and brothels! C’mon, it’s gonna happen, why should Salozzo’s family get in on that action first, huh? I know it’s a joke, but I’ll be astonished if the Sicilians, Napolitans, and Calabrians aren’t taking a good hard look at the possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1909 "2011-10-20T22:55:04Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Finally the end (whether or not he’s alive). Well it’s the end of Gaddafi. This is not the liberation of an already well established political system. The vacuum is going to be filled with people who have operated under a corrupt system as well as a tribal mentality of doing business. It’s going to be a rough ride. Note to dictators, get a shave and a haircut before you try and sneak out of the country. You want to look your best when they drag your body through the streets. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1910 "2011-10-20T23:12:31Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Note to dictators, get a shave and a haircut before you try and sneak out of the country. You want to look your best when they drag your body through the streets. **"Drag** mah body?! Sweetheart, Ah got it **covered!** ;)" – Supreme Fashion Leader Chablis, Chairlady-for-Life of the Diva-lutionary Command Council ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1911 "2011-10-20T23:51:32Z")
Finally, Qadaffi is no more. He has suffered the justice of his people like Mussolini and Ceauseceu. As I’ve said elsewhere at this rate Kim Jong-Il may be gone by Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1912 "2011-10-21T00:15:11Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Finally, Qadaffi is no more. He has suffered the justice of his people like Mussolini and Ceauseceu. As I’ve said elsewhere at this rate Kim Jong-Il may be gone by Christmas. Not a chance in hell. He figured it out loooooong ago. keep your people in the dark (literally) and carry a big stick. going from North to South must be like seeing color for the first time for anybody who successfully escapes. Something akin to the Wizard of Oz moment. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1913 "2011-10-21T10:12:32Z")
> [@blienmeis](#): > > Which two? Assad. Saleh. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1914 "2011-10-21T11:22:38Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Finally, Qadaffi is no more. He has suffered the justice of his people like Mussolini and Ceauseceu. As I’ve said elsewhere at this rate Kim Jong-Il may be gone by Christmas. Only if he dies of natural causes, in which case you’ll give credit to Bush. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1915 "2011-10-21T11:56:15Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Assad. Saleh. Is Saleh that bad? Frankly, I know about nothing regarding Yemen politics. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1916 "2011-10-21T12:09:03Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Not a chance in hell. He figured it out loooooong ago. keep your people in the dark (literally) and carry a big stick. > > going from North to South must be like seeing color for the first time for anybody who successfully escapes. Something akin to the Wizard of Oz moment. That’s essentially what Hyok Kang said in [This is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood](http://www.amazon.com/This-Paradise-North-Korean-Childhood/dp/0349118655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319198768&sr=8-1). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1917 "2011-10-21T12:25:13Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Is Saleh that bad? Frankly, I know about nothing regarding Yemen politics. He’s certainly a dictator and there are certainly rebels. Some of whom are al-Qaeda and we don’t like **them** either, it’s a bit of a pickle. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1918 "2011-10-21T13:35:29Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I know it’s a joke, but I’ll be astonished if the Sicilians, Napolitans, and Calabrians aren’t taking a good hard look at the possibilities. A thousand apologies, Effendi, but Don al-Senussi is not liking intrusions of outsiders however illustrious into his, how you say, turf, and such effronteries they must to be punished with breakings of kneecaps. Is business, not personal. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1919 "2011-10-21T13:54:11Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Assad. Saleh. Mubarak. This is fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595/1920 "2011-10-21T17:22:54Z")
Mubarak’s gone. Alive, but gone. Assad and Saleh are going. Jordan is not. After Yemen and Syria fall, and they will, Iran’s going to be next in line, I think. Or maybe Saudi Arabia. House of Saud’s scared shitless, for good reason. But they’re trying to bend over backwards, as much as they can, to appease people, so it’s more likely they’ll last a while longer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595.md?page=97)