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Why was Gaddafi only a Colonel?

Wasn't he POTUS for like 40 years? Seems like enough time to...
Contagious pink lodge
  04/26/18
he was a Kentucky colonel
Glassy trip house
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exactly it's just a moniker like Colonel Sanders himself
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Misanthropic curious telephone
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should have been admiral-general
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Distressingly, there doesn't even appear to be an equivalent...
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...
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And longtime Ghanaian strongman Jerry Rawlings, who ruled fo...
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Captains, majors and colonels tend to be the leaders of succ...
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Once you consolidate power you typically want to be able sta...
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whom*
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That was his rank when he couped and took over
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I vaguely recall that some Arab armies don’t use the r...
Purple multi-colored philosopher-king
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colonels do coups. generals are regime politicians.
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1958 coup Edit Main article: 1958 Pakistani coup d'é...
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During Indonesia's independence struggle, he joined the newl...
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KJU is only a marshall of DPRK
charismatic mood national security agency
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isnt marshal the highest rank possible
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hes not even a grand marshall -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
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he only higher rank is Taewonsu (roughly translated as Grand...
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United States No branch of the United States Armed Forces h...
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When he dies he ascends to ETERNAL leader
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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:03 PM
Author: Contagious pink lodge

Wasn't he POTUS for like 40 years? Seems like enough time to promote yourself to general officer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926630)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:13 PM
Author: Glassy trip house

he was a Kentucky colonel

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Date: January 26th, 2022 11:49 AM
Author: electric stage toaster

exactly it's just a moniker like Colonel Sanders himself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#43850029)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:13 PM
Author: painfully honest sanctuary

modesty

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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:34 PM
Author: Red Circlehead Kitty



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:35 PM
Author: Bateful honey-headed school digit ratio



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Date: April 26th, 2018 6:02 PM
Author: Bull headed bespoke forum juggernaut



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:29 PM
Author: Gold temple rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#43765581)



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Date: May 11th, 2023 10:16 PM
Author: Smoky associate



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Date: May 11th, 2023 10:17 PM
Author: Orchid galvanic home



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Date: May 12th, 2023 12:09 AM
Author: Purple multi-colored philosopher-king

LMAO

“Promoted to the grade of colonel (aqid) after assuming power, Gaddafi maintained a ceiling on the grade level of his officer corps in keeping with his desire to avoid the ostentatious public image that the generals of the monarchy had conveyed.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#46302382)



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Date: August 10th, 2023 7:00 PM
Author: provocative lay wrinkle



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Date: January 12th, 2024 2:54 PM
Author: Misanthropic curious telephone



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:16 PM
Author: translucent orchestra pit karate

should have been admiral-general

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926737)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:17 PM
Author: Fragrant persian parlour

(dumb fag)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926744)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:25 PM
Author: Sickened histrionic volcanic crater

(JJC swiping left)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926815)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:33 PM
Author: Bearded Site Clown

Actually, he was listed as "Of Colonel" on the dictatorship's web page.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926865)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:34 PM
Author: Red Circlehead Kitty



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:39 PM
Author: translucent orchestra pit karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926897)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:39 PM
Author: magenta generalized bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926898)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:29 PM
Author: Laughsome shimmering famous landscape painting



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#43765577)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:30 PM
Author: Gold temple rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#43765583)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:30 PM
Author: Orchid galvanic home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#43765587)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:30 PM
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Date: June 30th, 2022 10:44 PM
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Date: July 1st, 2022 4:35 PM
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Date: July 1st, 2022 4:36 PM
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Date: July 1st, 2022 4:36 PM
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Date: July 1st, 2022 4:38 PM
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Date: July 1st, 2022 4:50 PM
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Date: May 11th, 2023 10:55 PM
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Date: August 10th, 2023 6:53 PM
Author: pearly regret senate



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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:33 PM
Author: Cracking twisted kitchen



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:37 PM
Author: Hairless vibrant weed whacker

Distressingly, there doesn't even appear to be an equivalent of colonel-level rank in the State Department.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926891)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:46 PM
Author: brilliant halford space

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2003/12/why_is_qaddafi_still_a_colonel.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35926938)



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Date: April 26th, 2018 6:07 PM
Author: translucent orchestra pit karate

And longtime Ghanaian strongman Jerry Rawlings, who ruled for nearly 20 years, never took a higher military title than flight lieutenant. *

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#35927043)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:28 PM
Author: Orchid galvanic home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#43765567)



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Date: January 26th, 2022 11:44 AM
Author: Orchid galvanic home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#43849986)



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Date: June 30th, 2022 10:44 PM
Author: Orchid galvanic home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#44776186)



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Date: June 30th, 2022 10:46 PM
Author: comical coldplay fan

read the green book mainlining and youll learn all you need to know about the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#44776210)



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Date: June 30th, 2022 10:47 PM
Author: Cowardly Location

Captains, majors and colonels tend to be the leaders of successful coups. They're the only people who are still close enough to the troops to retain their loyalty. Generals are basically politicians who troops dislike.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#44776216)



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Date: June 30th, 2022 10:47 PM
Author: Orchid galvanic home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#44776220)



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Date: May 11th, 2023 11:01 PM
Author: umber electric furnace

Once you consolidate power you typically want to be able stand equal to or above the people running your military. Suharto couldn't have done shit as a Colonel. Even as a general he struggled to control his military (or at least not be controlled by it) at times. It's one thing for a guy like GHB Bush to take office when the Constitution expressly makes him commander in chief, it's another for him to give orders in his capacity as "Lieutenant Bush." If Gaddafi retained a folk image by calling himself Colonel and he otherwise had an iron grip on his military, more power to him, and good on Libyans for recognizing that quality in him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#46302164)



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Date: May 11th, 2023 11:17 PM
Author: Outnumbered flushed point fanboi

whom*

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Date: May 11th, 2023 10:16 PM
Author: Orchid galvanic home



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Date: May 11th, 2023 11:27 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy exciting dilemma

That was his rank when he couped and took over

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#46302271)



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Date: May 12th, 2023 12:00 AM
Author: Purple multi-colored philosopher-king

I vaguely recall that some Arab armies don’t use the rank of general as an homage to Muhammad, somewhat akin to a sports team retiring a number.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#46302367)



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Date: May 12th, 2023 12:02 AM
Author: grizzly narrow-minded black woman depressive

colonels do coups.

generals are regime politicians.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#46302369)



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Date: May 12th, 2023 9:48 AM
Author: umber electric furnace

1958 coup

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Main article: 1958 Pakistani coup d'état

In 1958, the first Pakistani President Major General Iskander Mirza dismissed the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan and the government of Prime Minister Feroz Khan Noon, appointing army commander-in-chief Gen. Ayub Khan as the Chief martial law administrator. Thirteen days later, Mirza himself was exiled by Ayub Khan, who appointed himself president.[5]

1977 coup (Operation Fair Play)

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Main article: Operation Fair Play

Operation Fair Play was the code name for the coup d'etat conducted at midnight on July 4, 1977, by the Pakistan military, led by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq, against the government of then-Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. General Zia ordered the arrest of Bhutto, his ministers and other leaders of both the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan National Alliance.[6] In a nationally televised address, General Zia announced that the National Assembly of Pakistan and all provincial assemblies were dissolved, and that the Constitution of Pakistan was suspended.[7]

The martial law enforced by President General Zia introduced the strict but modern form of conservatism which promoted the nationalistic and religious programmes.[8] Under Zia's dictatorship a heavy islamization of the country took place (the emblem of which were the so called Hudood Ordinances), which steered the country away from Muhammad Ali Jinnah's non-sectarian vision.

1999 coup

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Main article: 1999 Pakistani coup d'état

In October, 1999 senior officers loyal to army chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf arrested prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his ministers after thwarting the Sharif regime's attempt to dismiss Musharraf and prevent his plane from landing in Pakistan as he returned from a visit to Sri Lanka.[9]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#46303025)



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Date: August 10th, 2023 7:01 PM
Author: umber electric furnace

During Indonesia's independence struggle, he joined the newly formed Indonesian Army. There, Suharto rose to the rank of major general some time after full Indonesian independence was achieved.

An attempted coup on 30 September and 1 October 1965 was countered by Suharto-led troops. According to the official history made by the army, this attempt was backed by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI).[9] The army subsequently led a nationwide violent anti-communist purge and Suharto wrested power from Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno. He was appointed acting president in 1967 and elected president the following year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#46654359)



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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:33 PM
Author: charismatic mood national security agency

KJU is only a marshall of DPRK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#47280099)



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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:34 PM
Author: comical coldplay fan

isnt marshal the highest rank possible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#47280102)



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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:37 PM
Author: charismatic mood national security agency

hes not even a grand marshall -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ranks_of_North_Korea

anyway marshall sounds like the leader of a parade not a military rank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#47280110)



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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:38 PM
Author: charismatic mood national security agency

he only higher rank is Taewonsu (roughly translated as Grand Marshal or Generalissimo) which was held by Kim's grandfather, Kim Il Sung, and which was awarded posthumously to his father, Kim Jong Il, in February 2012.[73][74]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#47280113)



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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:40 PM
Author: charismatic mood national security agency

United States

No branch of the United States Armed Forces has ever used the rank of field marshal. On 14 December 1944, Congress created the rank of "general of the army", a five-star rank equivalent to that of field marshal in other countries. Two days later, George Marshall was promoted to this rank, becoming the first five-star general in American history. It has been suggested that the denomination of "Marshal" for a five-star officer was not adopted because, otherwise, George Marshall would be addressed as "Marshal Marshall", which was considered undignified.[14][15][16][17][18] Thus, Douglas MacArthur is the only US officer ever to have received the rank of Marshal, which was given to him by the government of the Philippines.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#47280118)



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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:35 PM
Author: Cracking twisted kitchen

When he dies he ascends to ETERNAL leader

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960785&forum_id=2#47280104)