Civil War in Libya

[Viking]

Indeed, 1.5 million protesters were interviewed and... Wait, they weren't, only a few them were. I'm gonna interview 25 people and together we will prove there's life on Mars. Later I'm gonna prove the Earth is flat and who knows where my thirst for knowledge will take me then.

Since I obviously haven't been paying attention like you, then you must be able to tell me who the leaders of the rebellion are and point me to numerous interviews they made.

You know what the fighters think, you know what the street protesters think. By your logic, do you really know what your own government is up to? Have you seen lengthy interviews with each and every member of the parlament? Are you worried about this?

I have seen interviews with rebel leaders embracing democracy on the BBC (I believe they used that exact word), in the early days of the revolt. I cannot link to it as it is not easy to find it. You will, though, probably find interviews of a newer date where they express the same ideas.

And we are assuming that each and every person is supporter of the rebels there? Even if that's true, it's still much less than 50% of the population.

Given the unrest there as well as the small rallies in the capital (these kind of rallies are safe, remember?), do you honestly think the reality is much different? And what makes you think the situation in other cities is so much more different? What makes Tripoli, Zawiya and Misrata so special? Benghazi and Tobruk? Bayda? The list goes on - and nothing indicates that any of these cities are special cases.

If Norwegian "participation" accounts for more than 1% of the total, I'll eat my shorts. And Chinese pay better these days

This might all be true, but what you are doing is essentially cowardly sniping. It takes little to put forward ideas, what is harder is to actually back them up. I could just suggest that Serbia is a part of some grand conspiracy in Libya or elsewhere, a role which will not unfold before it is too late. Can you defend yourself against such a suggestion? Don't think so.

Anyway, are the govts of Iraq and Afghanistan actually "Western puppets"? Doesn't really look like it.