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Why was Gaddafi only a Colonel?

Wasn't he POTUS for like 40 years? Seems like enough time to...
Dark doobsian point
  04/26/18
he was a Kentucky colonel
Amber Jet-lagged Stead
  04/26/18
exactly it's just a moniker like Colonel Sanders himself
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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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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...
lavender garrison persian
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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
autistic maize crackhouse
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isnt marshal the highest rank possible
passionate prole
  01/12/24
hes not even a grand marshall -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
autistic maize crackhouse
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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: Dark doobsian point

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: Amber Jet-lagged Stead

he was a Kentucky colonel

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Date: January 26th, 2022 11:49 AM
Author: Thriller insecure liquid oxygen

exactly it's just a moniker like Colonel Sanders himself

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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:13 PM
Author: soul-stirring sexy community account

modesty

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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:34 PM
Author: racy macaca stock car



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:35 PM
Author: awkward gunner



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Date: April 26th, 2018 6:02 PM
Author: Crusty Gay Range Keepsake Machete



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:29 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Feces



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Date: May 11th, 2023 10:16 PM
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Date: May 11th, 2023 10:17 PM
Author: Navy hell



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Date: May 12th, 2023 12:09 AM
Author: lavender garrison persian

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

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Date: August 10th, 2023 7:00 PM
Author: Histrionic Market



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Date: January 12th, 2024 2:54 PM
Author: Sooty Swashbuckling Filthpig Indian Lodge



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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:16 PM
Author: chocolate pervert meetinghouse

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: gaped aphrodisiac black woman factory reset button

(dumb fag)

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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:25 PM
Author: Aqua painfully honest affirmative action forum

(JJC swiping left)

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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:33 PM
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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
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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:39 PM
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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:39 PM
Author: pea-brained trailer park coffee pot



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:29 PM
Author: know-it-all business firm



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:30 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Feces



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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:30 PM
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Date: January 11th, 2022 1:30 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
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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:33 PM
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Date: April 26th, 2018 5:37 PM
Author: Zombie-like Fear-inspiring Genital Piercing

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: olive death wish selfie

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: chocolate pervert meetinghouse

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: Navy hell



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Date: January 26th, 2022 11:44 AM
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Date: June 30th, 2022 10:44 PM
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Date: June 30th, 2022 10:46 PM
Author: passionate prole

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: Mind-boggling mediation property

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
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Date: May 11th, 2023 11:01 PM
Author: Chrome windowlicker casino

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: Demanding amethyst knife

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Date: May 11th, 2023 10:16 PM
Author: Navy hell



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Date: May 11th, 2023 11:27 PM
Author: Carmine Yarmulke

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: lavender garrison persian

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: stirring tan lodge indirect expression

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: Chrome windowlicker casino

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]

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Date: August 10th, 2023 7:01 PM
Author: Chrome windowlicker casino

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: autistic maize crackhouse

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: passionate prole

isnt marshal the highest rank possible

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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:37 PM
Author: autistic maize crackhouse

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: autistic maize crackhouse

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

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Date: January 12th, 2024 1:40 PM
Author: autistic maize crackhouse

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: mewling kitty cat

When he dies he ascends to ETERNAL leader

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