• Two Libyan fighter pilots defect, fly to Malta
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Government officials are also defecting. Viva La Egypt!
Personally, I would have bombed the government building, fuck them at this point if they think I'm gonna help them murder my people.
[QUOTE=zerglingv2;28203120]Personally, I would have bombed the government building, fuck them at this point if they think I'm gonna help them murder my people.[/QUOTE] That would be a stupid move, do you not think they have AAA in the roofs?
[QUOTE=rosthouse;28196558]Those two pilots are awesome, glad to see that there are still people with a brain in that army.[/QUOTE] Some soldiers (150 I read) already refused orders, and were summarily executed. These pilots had balls of steel. [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=GeneralSpecific;28203082]State Department issued a press release [url]http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/02/156836.htm[/url] "strongly condemning" "We are working urgently with friends and partners around the world to convey this message to the Libyan government." Those aren't very strong words...[/QUOTE] Of course not, this is from a Times article in April last year, a mere 10 months ago. [quote]In the latest sign of change, the first U.S. ambassador to Libya in 37 years hosted 100 Libyan women at his house one February evening for the first American cultural event in decades. American singers shimmied across the stage in tight dresses, belting out Broadway show tunes like "All That Jazz" and "New York." "For years this place was Slumberland," says Sami Zaptia, a Libyan business consultant in Tripoli. [b]"Now everyone wants to get on the Libya gravy train."[/b][/quote]
Yeah a lot of the soldiers that refused were executed and set on fire. If i was a soldier i'd probably open fire but miss intentionally.
[QUOTE=BCell;28201587]General: Go bomb these civilians in the city! Pilot: What the fuck! You nuts? We will not do it! (so they went AWOL) But this is the ONLY time when AWOL is acceptable![/QUOTE] A bunch of people have been killed for refusing orders... They were just lucky they didn't fucking get fund out about until after takeoff And FYI they have more then 2 Jets... [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Occlusion;28206496]Yeah a lot of the soldiers that refused were executed and set on fire. If i was a soldier i'd probably open fire but miss intentionally.[/QUOTE] I'd kill my fellow soldiers who were killing the protesters at that point
Holy shit they killed the soldiers that refused to do that? I can't believe that it's so ridiculous.. this is no 3rd world country anymore there that is an stone pile of shit with an smelling old idiot who plays around with the soldier like chess.
[QUOTE=Occlusion;28206496]Yeah a lot of the soldiers that refused were executed and set on fire. If i was a soldier i'd probably open fire but miss intentionally.[/QUOTE] And not only that, they showed the burnt corpses to the protesters. There are videos, it's pretty god damn horrific. The least the United States (as the sole superpower of our world) could do is draft a UN Security Council Resolution denouncing the attacks against soldier and civilian alike by Gaddafi's regime, and help initiate crimes against humanity proceedings in the International Criminal Court. We all saw (well, probably not many considering the average age of Facepunch users, but you can read up about it) what happened with the Rwandan genocide as a result of inaction.
Those two guys would have become legends if they bombed Ghaddafis people. Good people still.
Ghaddafi base probaly(could someone please tell me how to spell this properly) have AA guns and it was given shoot anything in the sky orders
[QUOTE=BloodYScar;28207243]Those two guys would have become legends if they bombed Ghaddafis people. Good people still.[/QUOTE] The problem is that many of the soldiers are fearing for their own lives and families, and that only a small number actually enjoy the killings. Are those people cowardly? Of course they are, but imagine the things you would do if the lives of your entire family, and your own, were on the line. It's not brave, and it's not moral or ethical, but it is understandable. Here are some youtube links, probably should exercise some view discretion. Burnt corpses [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlU6XmImdtE[/url] Military/government members realizing that the people will stop at nothing, as are fleeing. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhcKx5cZA7U[/url] This is a good website for graphic photos of the atrocities, and up to date information. [url]http://revolution2.moonfruit.com/[/url]
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;28206377]That would be a stupid move, do you not think they have AAA in the roofs?[/QUOTE] I've never seen a Government building with AA guns just chilling on the roof, not like I would announce that I was gonna do it on the radio either.
[QUOTE=Ragamuffin..;28193712]no bombs because they defected.[/QUOTE] Yeah, they had only 2 pilots. :downs: Hopefully this crap comes to an end fast, its ridiculous. Who thought this would be a good idea? Bombing protesters won't exactly help getting any support.
[QUOTE=Johnnsen;28207952]Yeah, they had only 2 pilots. :downs: Hopefully this crap comes to an end fast, its ridiculous. Who thought this would be a good idea? Bombing protesters won't exactly help getting any support.[/QUOTE] The thing is, they don't [B]have[/B] any support, the only thing keeping Gaddafi in power is force.
[QUOTE=MajorMattem;28197176](Media'd for large) [media]http://shots.ikbis.com/image/79137/large/wallpaper_ace_combat_zero_the_belkan_war_02_1024.jpg[/media] Anyone think of this as soon as they saw the title?[/QUOTE] Only one defected As in that game, only one defected.
Okay maybe now I kinda support someone helping them, like the USA coming in to kick ass and get rid of the current leadership
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;28223773]Okay maybe now I kinda support someone helping them, like the USA coming in to kick ass and get rid of the current leadership[/QUOTE] That would do a lot more harm than good. The Libyan people are on their own, unfortunately. At most, we can ship weapons and ammo to them. But that would require that they organize first.
[QUOTE=Contag;28207129]And not only that, they showed the burnt corpses to the protesters. There are videos, it's pretty god damn horrific. The least the United States (as the sole superpower of our world) could do is draft a UN Security Council Resolution denouncing the attacks against soldier and civilian alike by Gaddafi's regime,[B] and help initiate crimes against humanity proceedings in the International Criminal Court.[/B] We all saw (well, probably not many considering the average age of Facepunch users, but you can read up about it) what happened with the Rwandan genocide as a result of inaction.[/QUOTE] That isn't going to happen, the US does not recognize the ICC.
I can not believe that no one has stepped in on this. I thought the U.S's stance in Egypt was ridiculous, and no one was being bombed there. What the fuck.
[quote]The two said they decided to fly to Malta after being ordered to bomb anti-government protesters in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi, the sources said.[/quote] Are you fucking kidding.
I updated the thread with simliar news. Two pilots refused to bomb a city - bailed out and let the plane crash.
They can be my wingmen anytime.
I don't know if I would've done what they did. I would have been tempted to stay and fire on the soldiers actually firing on protesters. Then leave.
Oh god lmao [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Air_Force#Current_air_force_equipment[/url]
[QUOTE=x_xPwntx_x;28256658]I don't know if I would've done what they did. I would have been tempted to stay and fire on the soldiers actually firing on protesters. Then leave.[/QUOTE] Some of those soldiers don't want to be there either, there have been rumors of the Armed forces shooting each other for disobeying commands about shooting civilians.
Fucking legends.
[QUOTE=Kill001;28258541]Oh god lmao [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Air_Force#Current_air_force_equipment[/url][/QUOTE] The article even mentions the two pilots. They were flying in French made multi-role fighters sold to Libya back in the '70s.
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