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  • bigboismith@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Poor Gaddafi was attacked by the corrupt NATO, to the disgust of the rest of the world (except that it was resolution by the UN security council).

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      2 months ago

      except that it was resolution by the UN security council

      You mean the Security Council over which Russia has veto power? That UN Security Council?

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        2 months ago

        Russia’s decision to abstain in that vote happened under the notoriously “liberal” Medvedev and was a point of heated disagreement between him and Putin. It was arguably the breaking point for Putin deciding he needed to hold onto power indefinitely or else (in his view) a liberal president would let NATO do whatever they want, with Russia presumably being next on the chopping block