arthur silber kicks my ass on libya. but let me assay a couple of responses. now, maybe you could constitute an argument in pictures; maybe not. at any rate, pictures can certainly constitute evidence. indeed, direct visual or other sensory experience doesn't itself constitute an argument; it's just the kind of thing you can't make any sort of non-apriori argument without, and which might count for or against your premises etc. now on the other hand italicizing the word murder is not an argument, or for that matter evidence of anything. it might be worth asking how many people gaddafi murdered. you might ask the international criminal court.
now, maybe oil companies are happy to get rid of gaddafi, though they had been dealing with him successfully. on the other hand, gaddafi took roughly all of libya's oil wealth and deposited it in offshore family accounts. that is going to make capitalism look pretty good, and honestly though i might hate exxon-mobil, i'd rather have them controlling my oil resources than a kleptocrat. i actually think that's liable to benefit me more: exxon-mobil at least has some pr-type exigencies to consider. they even answer to their shareholders etc to some extent. admittedly, this is not the best choice one might face.
