Libyan crisis

Soon, however, problems cropped up with  Col. Gaddafi as far as Uganda and Black Africa were concerned:

* Idi Amin came to power with the support of Britain and Israel because they thought he was uneducated enough to be used by them.  Amin, however, turned against his sponsors when they refused to sell him guns to fight Tanzania.  Unfortunately, Muammar Gaddafi, without getting enough information about Uganda, jumped in to support Idi Amin.  This was because Amin was a 'Moslem' and Uganda was a 'Moslem country' where Moslems were being 'oppressed' by Christians.  Amin killed a lot of people extra-judicially and Gaddafi was identified with these mistakes.  In 1972 and 1979, Gaddafi sent Libyan troops to defend Idi Amin when we attacked him.