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That was literally the comment I came here to post.
Is the article title not formatting correctly? 
Its fine, I'm petty sure they were both implying that one could replace "despite" with "specifically because of" and it would sound just as believable given all this exile business going on
Correct. The cruelty IS the point.
Ah that makes more sense. I thought the apostrophes were screwing with a client.
Despite? More like because of
These a-holes would deport them somewhere worse if they found it
"I just got off of the YouTubes and I saw footage of the GREATEST PRISON location! Have you heard of Oblivion? They have these HUGE GATES and the most STRONG AND FEARSOME guards ever. We will be reaching out to Mehrunes Dagon, a STRONG LEADER, to discuss a WONDERFUL PLAN to keep AMERICA SAFE."
I’m not defending Gadaffi’s sanity or competence — his was one of misrule and clown behavior — but come the fuck on.
Gadaffi was by all means a pretty great ruler. He invested a ton in infrastructure and did a great deal to uplift Libya out of poverty. Under Gadaffi Libya was the richest nation in Africa.
He did rule with an iron fist. But this was largely because of Western backed insurgencies. He was heavily disliked by the West for not allowing Libya to be siphoned of natural resources like other neocolonies. Which is why most of his legacy is a giant NATO smear campaign.
A quick look at Libya before and after NATO is really all people need to know.
After the NATO overthrowing of Gadaffi, Libya now has permanent civil war and the slave market is back. But suddenly that is not important to NATO anymore. Libya is free! (to rob of their oil).