It did not require osteric or astrological mighty to tell that Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddaffi, would shamefully and rapidly fall from gracce. It’s just the matter of reading signs of time when imperialistic NATO offered to take on Gadaffi. For those who either were there or remember the brutal death of Samuel Kanyon Doe, former Liberian tyrant on 9 September 1990, will agree with us that dictators are insane and myopic people. To know what I mean, who would expect a masculine guy like Gaddafi to wear a wig? Maybe, these creatures live in their own imaginative interstellar, even lagoon nebulae world, but not in this practical world we know. That’s why they see things in a deceptional and different ways. When Doe was brutally mutilated, tortured and ultimately killed before the cameras, many thought this would be a lesson to other dictators. But it did not become.
For reminder, Doe brutally killed former Liberian long time benevolent dictator, William Tolbert and his thirteen member of cabinet were publicly executed a few days after the coup. He dumped their bodies in quarries. Soon after grabbing power, Doe brutally killed Thomas Quiwonkpa, the then Commanding General of the Armed Force of Liberia, who was mutilated by Krahn soldiers under orders from Doe himself. Thenceforth, Doe became a butcherer of Liberians till the day he was made to pay dearly.
The sad story of Doe was revived by the recent capturing and later summarily execution of another longtime Libyan tyrant Gaddafi, on 20th October 2011 after committing countless atrocities. What is important is the similarity and lessons of the two killings of dictators. They’re all brutal that ended shamefully and brutally, and were felled by the people they used to rule ruthlessly. Once again, the office of president was degraded by a mere common man. He who lives by sword dies of sword.
The irony though is a tyrant like Gadaffi liked to be referred to as a beloved brotherly leader of Libya. Just like any other dictator, in dream and deception, Gadaffi was a beloved and brotherly leader. In reality though, it was opposite as his killing shows. This is the lunatic and megalomaniac who shamelessly told the world that Libyans loved him and were ready to die for him, little knowing they were ready to butcher him as it happened. This is after the nudity of his macabre rule was exposed.
Gaddafi went a mile ahead calling protesters drugged rats and roaches he were to massively kill without knowing his day were numbered. Though dicators deceive themselves that they are powerful compared to a common man and woman in the
street, the truth is vice versa surely, especially when the pent-up anger and vengeance of hoi polloi swell and explode. Who thought that a tyrant of Gadaffi caliber would be butchered by a group of young people the age of his children and grand children? What sane person can think about doing this to icons like Nelson Mandela or Sam Nujoma?
What transpired recently in Sirte, the birthplace for Gaddafi, speaks volumes when it comes to flushing dictators out. In a nutshell, Gaddafi was beaten to death like a chicken thief when he was captured and later felled. But how many have taken a note of it? How many dictators are still out there hallucinating that what befell Gaddafi cannot occur to them? So many, of course one may say.
Africa is currently full of dictators waiting to be toppled. Where are they? Logically, any country that has a ruler who has been in power for more than ten years it must understand it is under dictatorship. This is a simple criterion.
Robert Guei, former Ivorien dictator also died in a very mysterious way. He died along with his wife and other member of family in September 19, 2002. Guei’s punishment, apart from dying in mysterious circumstances, was his body to remain in the morgue for years. For, he was buried in August 18, 2006 almost four years after his death. What a curse!
What makes dictators think that they cannot be toppled and end up being killed brutally, as in the cases of Doe and Gadaffi, is another face of the ending of other former dictators who escaped the wrath of hoi polloi. This group includes Mobutu Seseseko of former Zaire currently DRC, Idd Amin (Uganda), Zine Abdel Din of Tunisia and Charles Taylor who is in custody in The Hague waiting to be tried for atrocities he committed against his people.
Jean-Bedel Bokassa, former Central African Republic self made king, died in the custody after being toppled. Like Gadaffi, Bokassa died a shameful death, although it did not result from being brutally killed. He died a pauper after squandering all the monies he had stashed abroad during the stint he spent in France before handing himself over after bankruptcy struck him badly.
Mohamad Siad Barre, former Somali strongman also died in exile in January 2, 1995 after being overthrown. His legacy is the failed state of Somalia.
Apart from sitting dictators, other bloodsuckers who faced the same fate of shameful death are Foday Saybana Sankoh the butherer of Siera Leone. Under his ragtag organization, Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Sankor killed over 50,000 as over 500,000 were displaced, not to mention thousands who were maimed, amputated and disfigured. After committing sacrilegious brutality to his nation, he died of stroke in July 29, 2003 in custody waiting for trial.
The open secret and a lesson from the crumbling of dictators aforementioned are that they live in an artificial and invisible warp that is not seen till they are brought down in whatever manner, be it noble or ignoble. When a moth self-commits to death by fire, there is another one preparing itself to suffer the same fate.Who will follow between Bashar and Bashir? May he be Saleh in Yemen or Bouteflika? Time will surely tell.
How many are bracing to become tomorrow’s dictators as they sire others? This is the world full of wonders.
Nkwazi Mhango is a Tanzanian living in Canada. He writes regularly for “The African Executive” and also has a blog entitled “Free Thinking Unabii”. He is a regular contributor to AfroSpear.
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Interesting article about the death of dictators. Could you and everyone else who continue to reffer to him as a dictator and tyrant who commited horrible crimes please at least once be more specific.
I’d like to know what crimes he committed. The when, where and how of them all. This constant vagueness leaves much doubt.
Also, you wrote ” To know what I mean, who would expect a masculine guy like Gaddafi to wear a wig?” . It is reported that the DNA test of his hair did not match Gaddafi. This is where some say the wig story came from.
After all that has gone on in Libya over the past eight months you believe that Gaddafi was executed by his own people you are completely misinformed.
In July 1.5 million people came out in Tripoli in support of Muammar Gaddafi and large gatherings also came out in his support on that day in Sirte and several other cities.
It is believed that at least 70 percent of the Libyan people supported him over the armed insurgency.
Yours is a good question – The Corp-controlled MSNM media often call Khadaffi a dictator & tyrant – as if the 2 are equal but even the author seems to understand this is NOT always so [Note from the article: ‘ Doe brutally killed former Liberian long time ‘Benevolent Dictator’, William Tolbert..’]. But they seldom elaborate on his alleged crimes – especially against the Libyan People- beyond the hyped BS allegations related to his reaction to this armed rebellion against his Gov’t!
The main thing that most Americans & Brits ‘legitimately’ feel they ‘personally’ have against Khadaffi- is that Pan-Am 103 Beef [one of his most well known alleged ‘crimes’]. But IMO it was a Frame-up Job- but lets give some details to Make the Point:
At first the Feds & Scotland Yard said Iran did it- because just a few months before the US had shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf killing 290 people [most were on their way for the Mecca Pilgrimage]. Then a few yrs later they spun it to incriminate Libya. A law suit was filed [& won] against Pan-Am & the Frankfurt Airport- which said the bomb was planted in the Frankfurt Germany due to lax airport security there- Then that got spun into the bomb was ‘air-mailed’ from Malta allegedly in a manner that was also a major breach of basic security! Two alleged Libyan ‘agents’ were charged- but the one who was accused of building the bomb was acquitted of all charges – So are we to believe that his alleged partner in crime is guilty of planting a bomb that the other partner never even built??!! Plus a key prosecution witness [a Malta shop-keeper] who fingered the convicted Libyan – apparently perjured himself [Note: Scotland’s authorities were seriously considering overturning al-Megrahi’s conviction before he was released for supposed ‘health’ reasons]!
Plus there are multiple indications of fore-knowledge including- At least 2 dozen or more CIA, FBI & DEA agents [Note: There were several CIA, DEA, DIA agents on Pan-Am 103] that got to the crash site within a few of hours of the crash [which occurred at about 7:15PM at night] who then limited the access of the local Lockerbie authorities to the crash site. How did the Feds know from the Get-Go that Pan-Am 103 had been bombed -&- what were they looking for that they apparently didn’t want the local authorities to find?!
Then there is this From Wikipedia – Pan-Am 103: ‘The South African {Apartheid Regime’s} foreign minister Pik Botha w a delegation of 22 [including S.African Apartheid Regime’s Defense Minister Gen Mallon, & notorious Secret Service (BOSS) Chief Gen Van Tonda], was supposed to be aboard Pan-Am 103, but {just so happened} to take the earlier Pan-Am 101 flight. They [Pik Botha & company] were on their way to New York to sign the tripartite agreement whereby South Africa agreed to hand control of Namibia to the United Nations. BUT- The UN commissioner appointed to take over, Bernt Carlsson, was among the victims of Flight 103…’
AND- The lead FBI Pan-Am 103 investigator’s son & daughter-in-law were supposed to be aboard Pan-Am 103 but apparently he managed to pull them off the flight just before it took off!
Then there’s the Lockerbie cop who said that the CIA planted key evidence at the scene – well after PanAM 103 went down -or- that – that evidence [a electronic timer’s circuit board] was said to NOT belong to the correct model that was sold to Libya by the timer’s manufacture…
The one incident that I know of that may have been a legit case of out-right human rights violation by Khadaffi was back in 1996- when there was an apparently violent prison uprising in which 1200 were killed by Khadaffi’s forces. BUT- I’ve only heard about that this yr [after FUK-US NATO’s Full Spectrum Assault on Libya] because at the time the US, UK, EU etc were only concerned about framing Khadaffi for that Sham Pan-Am 103 Beef! PLUS- The US has that notorious Attica incident where there was near 350 casualties including 40 killed [NOTE: All 11 guards that died were also killed from NY State troopers’ gun-fire!]! YET- None of Attica’s prisoners were accused of Treason & attempting to over-throw & KILL the US’ &/or NY State Gov’t & Governor [like was in the case of Libya’s incident]. NOTE: After the Attica Blood-bath then NY Gov Nelson Rockefeller was PRAISED & PROMOTED to US VP under Jerry Ford! And there was that notorious Waco incident in 1993 [on Bill clinton’s watch] where 80+ men, women & children were burned alive at the hands of FBI & ATF agents!
tc2ewra2:
Do you really believe that 70% of any people living anywhere would support a leader who has been in power over 40 years?
If your answer is yes, one more question:
What fairy tale world are you living in ?
Frankly, I wish Gaddafi had given himself up from the beginning of the rebellion or had accepted asylum offered by another country , but we know that was not his style.
I also wished he had been arrested by neutral people and given a Hague trial.
I was deeply saddened by the way Gaddafi’s enemies rendered street justice, murdered him and filmed it on you tube for sick people to enjoy watching him suffer death.
Once he was found, there was no need to kill him, and also murder the many African bodyguards that appeared to have been protecting him.
I agree with Mr. Mhango, I hope this is a lesson for all those dictators who believe that the citizens of their land want them to remain in power in perpetuity.
This Author’s COMPARISON OF KHADAFFI & LIBERIA’S SAMUEL K DOE OFF TARGET & an Example of how to be Factually Correct but Not Reflect TRUTH.
[Opening Comment: The Problem w folks who express such disdain for Khadaffi is they never seem to see the Bigger Picture – This is Bigger than Khadaffi & He was most definitely NOT a bigger Monster {nor even the monster that they’ve claimed} nor caused more Hell & Death & Destruction for African & 3rd World People than the US [along w Belgium- NATO’s HQ {who under King Leopold Slaughtered & Maimed Millions of Congolese} helped over-throw & kill Congo’s Patrice Lumumba {& Kwame NKrumah too} & Backed that notorious Mobutu {which this author fails to mention} that led to the deaths of Millions more Congolese – up to this day], UK [rolled-out that notorious Aparthied system in S.Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, etc], France [Slaughtered 1MILLION Algerians – & has suffered Haiti for nearly 2 centuries], Italy [Under El-Duce’ {IE: the doushe-bag} Mussolini Slaughtered nearly half of Libya’s people {see the movie ‘Lion of the Desert’} & reigned hell in Ethiopia too], & the EU {what did the combined Euro-Nations do to the Native Americans & the African Slaves?!}= the FUK-US NATO powers! – And the Lord Said ‘Only He Who is WITHOUT SIN is worthy to Sit in Righteous Judgment’ – Because- ‘It is an Outrageously GREIVIOUS SIN to take the life of someone when You Yourself have FAR MORE INNOCENT Blood on Your Own Hands’!!!]
This author’s comparison between ex-Liberian Leader the Late Samuel Kanyon Doe & Khadaffi misses the mark. First Doe came to power on April 12, 1980 in a Bloody coup after Killing then Liberian Pres Tolbert, his son & most of his cabinet. Khadaffi came to power in 1969 in a Blood-Less coup- over-throwing but NOT Killing a monarch King Idris. Doe’s Coup had much to do w the long simmering tensions due to the suppression of the indigenious Liberians by the so-called Amerigo Liberians for nearly 1.5 centuries. Under Doe Liberia’s Standard of living went down, Under Khadaffi Libya’s over-all Standard of Living went UP Dramatically [Note: Under King Idris Libyans were some of the most impoverished & illiterate Africans – under Khadaffi Libyans enjoyed the highest standard of living & became some of the best educated Africans {& Arabs too]…- Doe was an ally of the US from the get-go giving or maintaining the US’ access to much of Liberia- which was linked to the US from its inception; Khadaffi was NEVER really a US ally [Libya has no such historical link to the US] – although he tried to improve relations w the US, UK, & EU in recent yrs [which probably contributed to his demise]- but when he came to power he kicked the US & Brits out of Libya [IE: He Closed Wheelus Air Base]…- Under Doe Liberia was in hock to the usual suspects [IE: The IMF, World Bank, USAID, etc], Under Khadaffi Libya had essentially NO Foreign Debts [explains why Libya’s standard of living was so high]…- Under Doe Liberian money was printed &/or coined in an EU country [maybe the UK?] & pegged to [IE: subservient to] the $US; Under Khadaffi Libya’s State owned Bank printed & coined its own money backed by Gold [Explains why Libya was debt free & why the FUK-US NATO countries Froze Libya’s monetiary assets – they’re trying to steal Libya’s money!]…- Under Doe much of Liberia’s infrastructure failed to develop or fell into disrepair, Under Khadaffi Libya’s infrastructure DID Develop…
Doe’s ex-commanding Gen the Late Thomas Quiwonkpa’s attempted over-throw of Doe in Nov 1985 was most likely not US instigated [Note: This author is seemingly sympathetic to Quiwonkpa vis-a-vis Doe- yet Quiwonkpa was as much a party to the 1980 Coup resulting in Tolbert’s Death as was Doe -&- was even called the 1980 Coup’s ‘Real Strongman’],- but Charles Taylor’s [also an ex-Doe cabinet official who looted his dept of $millions & ran off w the money in 1983] return in 1990 resulting in civil war & ultimately Doe’s demise- left Liberia in shambles [up to this day] w armed conflict lasting for 1.5 decades & spreading into Ivory Coast & Sierra Leone. Taylor’s return resulting in Liberia’s first & only civil war- had the US’ finger-prints all over it- though not as blatantly obvious as is the case in Libya [Note the current Liberian Pres & this Yrs’ Nobel Peace Prize Recipient was also involved]. This FUK-US NATO assault on Libya obviously is the work of the US along w France, the UK & NATO. Unlike Charles Taylor’s over-throw of Doe- this AL-CIAeda / King Idris Affiliated Rebel-Rousing Racist Lynch Mob would have NEVER beaten Khadaffi without FUK-US NATO’s air-cover & out right carpet-bombing- which even took place last week when Khadaffi’s convoy was Treacherously attacked by FUK-US NATO under the protection of the WHITE FLAG of TRUCE- resulting in his capture & then being ASS Raped w a Knife, Tortured & Murdered -&- Billary [who just 48 hrs before had issued a Hit Order out on Khadaffi] & company thought it all some damned sick joke [‘I came, I saw, He DIED’ Ha, Ha, Ha]! Khadaffi would have easily crushed this armed rebellion which was falsely portrayed in the MNSM Media as a peaceful up-rising early on if FUK-US NATO hadn’t abused that phony ‘R2P’ ‘humanitian’ intervention ploy [under UN Res 1973] as an excuse for their Long Planned Regime-Change Agenda in Libya & else-where [Note- Not only will Libya’s Oil, Fresh Water, & Banking resources be privatized & divided-up for western foreign Corps – But FUK-US NATO will likely set up bases in Libya for AFRICOM to Reek Even More HAVOCK in Africa]! If Khadaffi had the chance to put down this armed rebellion without FUK-US NATO’s military intervention against him, Libya’s total death toll would have likely been between a few hundred to a couple of thousand- but due to FUK-US NATO Relentless Carpet Bombing Libya’s death toll is likely 30,000 – 50,000 PLUS- w 1300 Dying in Just 1 DAY [compared w 1300 Gazans dying in 3.5 weeks in IDF’s Op Cast Lead] w the fall of Tripoli & God knows how many died w FUK-US NATO’s near total demolition of Sirte!
[Its interesting to note that this author praises Nelson Mandela as he blasts Khadaffi – Mandela himself chided ex-US Bill Clinton concerning Khadaffi, w Mandela going out of his way {to the chagrin of Clinton, the US & most of the West} in expressing his support & appreciation for Khadaffi’s faithful support {along w Castro} of S.Africa’s Liberation struggle against aparthied – when few {most definitely NOT the US} would actually help the ANC in that righteous struggle…]
Now for the similarities between the demise of Liberia’s Doe & Libya’s Khadaffi: Charles Taylor’s over-throw of Doe was DISASTEROUS for Liberia & Sierra Leone too – Expect a similar fate for Libya w the Death of Khadaffi…- The Stats: Estimated dead for Liberia 150,000 – 250,000 – estimated dead for Libya 30,000 – 50,000 plus & counting… – Estimated Liberian refugees about 1 million – estimated Libyan refugees several hundred thousand to a couple of million… – Although Liberia’s infrastucture was NOT Nearly as Advanced as Libya’s {even though Liberia had/has the closest historical ties to the US of any African country} it was still Devasted & largely remains so nearly 22 yrs after the beginning of its Civil War – Libya can look forward to the same fate thanks to FUK-US NATO… – Liberia’s civil war fanned a major tribal clash between Doe’s Krahn Tribe & Quiwonkpa’s Gio Tribe – this AL-CIA / King Idris Affiliated Rebel-Rousing Racist Lynch Mob has been unleashed by FUK-US NATO on Black Libyans & Africans… – Liberia’s conflict spilled over into neighboring Ivory Coast & Sierra Leone – Libya’s conflict may very well spill over into neighboring Chad & Niger & else-where…- Liberia was said to have been [& perhaps still is] the CIAs HQ for West Africa [if not All of Africa] – I know there was [is?] a US Controlled ELF Transmissions Submarine Communications Tower [Note the Sub Movie ‘Crimson Tide’ w Denzel Washington & Gene Hackman or Wikipedia- ELF submarine communications] outside Liberia’s Captial City Monrovia [named after US Pres Monroe] – With the death of Khadaffi expect Libya to become HQ for AFRICOM & other FUK-US NATO bases…
Its noteworthy that this author criticizes Khadaffi [if not mock his demise], but doesn’t say a mumbling word of criticism about that so-called son of an African- US Pres O-bomb-em; nor that notorious anti-Muslim BIGOT w a Napoleon Complex- Frech Pres Sarkozy [Note: Obama & Sarkozy along w Billary {both Bill & Hillary}-&- Bush Sr/Jr & Canada {where this author currently lives} have ganged-up on {or some would say Gang-RAPED} Haiti- but he doesn’t critique that either], or that scandle plagued UK PM Cameron- who just blamed the UK riots on oppressed Blacks after UK Storm troopers gun-down an un-armed Black Man… And the Lord Said ‘Only He Who is WITHOUT SIN is worthy to Sit in Righteous Judgment’ – Because- ‘It is an Outrageously GREIVIOUS SIN to take the life of someone when You Yourself have FAR MORE INNOCENT Blood on Your Own Hands’!!!
PS: Many Khadaffi critiques say he meddled to much in other African countries affairs, but that’s a Hell of a Lot of GALL coming from the likes of the FUK-US NATO Cabal! As I’ve mentioned above Khaddafi supported [meddled w] the ANC’s righteous struggle vs the Aparthied Regime- for which Nelson Mandela praised him for- to the dislike of the US. Khadaffi tried to form a confederacy w Ghana’s ex-Pres Jerry Rawlings & Burkina Faso’s Late Thomas Sankara,Khadaffi helped finance Africa’s own communication satellite so African Countries would keep having to pay outrageous fee to EU Corps in order to talk to each other, & he was in the process of helping to establish Africa’s own development Bank so Africans would have to continue to be in hock up to our eyeballs to the likes of the IMF, World Bank, WTO, USAID, etc; when FUK-US NATO attacked & killed him…
Nixakliel,
Not all of us need a history lesson and I not sure that anything you have said has any context with the post.
It very well may be that You Yourself are familiar w everything I’ve out-lined here [if so please feel free to fact check me]- BUT That Does NOT Necessarily Mean That EveryOne IS. My point is that though this author apparently didn’t ‘invent’ any facts- he left out many important facts which would have given a more accurate & complete picture to put this topic in proper context. Thus his more a SIN of OMISSION rather than Commission!
BUT- If you want me to list relevant facts that this author failed to mention in his ‘comparison of Liberia’s Doe vs Libya’s Khadaffi a bit more succinctly, I can!
Hallo Nixakliel,
The aim of the author was not to compare two tyrants namely Samuel Kanyon Doe and Muammar Gaddafi. Go back to the story you will see that the aim was consistently to show how tyrants do not get lesson from the history of their colleagues. The intro says it all. Gaddafi’s sin is not to read signs of times. Just ask yourself. When Mugabe told him not to give in to the west he did not get it. Even when his so-called friends Berlusconi and Blair abandoned him, he did not get it. So what did you expect to happen? In a nutshell, Gaddafi was not supposed to go before Bashar, Saleh even Bashir had he read the signs of times.
Regarding whatever he did for Africa south of Sahara, it did not hold water to throw away money to other countries whilst the Libyan people did not support that. Though many goof thinking that Gaddafi was a uniter as far as African Union is concerned, he used them to forster his interests so to speak. His last words on Africa were thus: If Europe is going to supporting rebels, I will open the doors for poor and ignorant Africans to flood Europe. He finished saying, “From today I am not an Arab but an African. This is after Arab League abandoned him.
It is simple. Read the article without bias you will see what I mean.
Oh I read the article which begins Thusly: [‘Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddaffi, would shamefully and rapidly fall from grace. It’s just the matter of reading signs of time when imperialistic NATO offered to take on Gadaffi. For those who either were there or remember the brutal death of Samuel Kanyon Doe, former Liberian tyrant on 9 September 1990, will agree with us that dictators are insane and myopic people… When Doe was brutally mutilated, tortured and ultimately killed before the cameras, many thought this would be a lesson to other dictators. But it did not become {so}.
For {a} reminder, Doe brutally killed former Liberian long time benevolent dictator, William Tolbert and his thirteen member of cabinet were publicly executed a few days after the coup. He dumped their bodies in quarries. Soon after grabbing power, Doe brutally killed Thomas Quiwonkpa, the then Commanding General of the Armed Force of Liberia {Note: Actually Quiwonkpa became Liberia’s Commanding Gen as part of Doe’s PRC Gov’t’s ruling council & also took part in the April 12 1980 coup in Which Tolbert was killed}, who was mutilated by Krahn soldiers under orders from Doe himself {after Quiwonkpa tried to over-throw Doe in an armed coup}. Thenceforth, Doe became a butcherer of Liberians till the day he was made to pay dearly.
The sad story of Doe was revived by the recent capturing and later summarily execution of another longtime Libyan tyrant Gaddafi, on 20th October 2011…’ ]
So though you may NOW Say that it was not the author’s aim to compare the fate of these two quite different African Leaders who died under quite different circumstances [Note: Though IMO the US was covertly involved in Charles Taylor’s disasterous {for Liberia not simply Doe} Civil War it was mainly Taylor’s forces in conjunction w his ally Prince Johnson that defeated & killed Doe {though Doe’s death didn’t end the Civil war which went on for over a decade afterwards}. But this AL-CIAeda / King Idris Affliated Rebel-rousing Racist Lynch Mob {aka the NTC} Would Have Never Beaten Khadaffi without FUK-NATO’s Active Involvement & Relentless Bombardments!]- IMO These above direct quotes from the article speak for themselves….
Furthermore These FUK-US NATO powers that over-threw & slaughtered Khadaffi are the very same ones that over-threw &/or slaughtered Constitutionally / Democratically Elected Leaders IE: the Congo’s Late Patrice Lumumba [& then backed that notorious Mobutu] & Haiti’s Pres Aristide! So what are the lessons that African ‘Dictators’ are supposed to learn those factual examples??!!
PS: If you were to take Doe’s 10yrs in power plus Khadaffi’s 42 yrs in power- put Together- they are responsible for FAR LESS DEATH & Mayhem than US Pres O-bomb-em- who has only been in power for 3 YEARS!!!
And IMO- The Arab League [especially the Saudi’s & Qatari’s, etc] didn’t simply abandon Khadaffi – they Betrayed & Sold Him Out to & actively fought against him w the FUK-US NATO Powers!
Nixakliel I agree with you that those who authorize toppling and killing of Gaddafi are historically and logically dirtier than him so to speak. Again, his big mistake was to declare openly that he would kill the rats en masse in Benghazi. By saying this he gave them the pretext of revenging against him disguising as the protector of Human Rights and lives.
Another thing, Gaddaffi goofed when he decided to return to the fold. This is why imperialist Nato wiped him out even before Mugabe, Bashar, Bashir and Salehe. Next time I will try to see if staying in power longer makes one a monster or a dictator. I will address this to see if we can fit Queen Elizaberth in this western-coined brouhaha we are now singing.
Importantly, despite all beauties attributed to Gaddafi’s rule he was a dictator who used his family and friends to steal from Libyans. If he did not steal maybe just maybe the rate of literacy would be 100% not this 30% his supporters are drumming about.
My only quibble I have w this statement is how much Khadaffi allegedly stole from the Libyan people. The FUK-US NATO’s unofficial propaganda machine {aka the MSNM media} is now claiming he had $200 billion in personal wealth- BUT Just in Aug / Sept 2011 the BBC said that Libya’s Official State Owned Bank had $170 – $200Billion in assets & that Libya was totally free of foreign debts- but it had mostly been ‘frozen’ by the FUK-US NATO Powers. So now the western corp controlled MSNM media & the Qatari Dictatorial Regime controlled Al-Jazeera is claiming that it all really belonged to Khadaffi himself personally! How convenient! I suspect that Libya is being set-up to have their national wealth PLUNDERED- NOT by the deceased Khadaffi or his family- BUT by Wall St Bankster types in the US, UK , France, EU that looted the US Treasury for $TRILLIONS & Iceland & Greece for $BILLIONS!!!
2nd: The Official Literacy rate for Libya under Khadaffi was about 83% – not 30% [up from about 15% under King Idris] w Libya Women being about 75% Literate. From Wikipedia- Libya: The literacy rate [in Libya] is the highest in North Africa; over 82% of the population can read and write… – From 1977 onward [IE: under Khadaffi], per capita income in Libya rose to more than US $11,000, the fifth-highest in Africa, while the Human Development Index became the highest in Africa and greater than that of Saudi Arabia. This was achieved without borrowing any foreign loans, keeping Libya debt-free. In addition, the country’s literacy rate rose from 10% to 90%, life expectancy rose from 57 to 77 years, equal rights were established for women and Black people,…
excuse me sir but your article is highly erroneous. the minute everyone stops believing what the fucking news says…the better off and informed everyone will be.
1. In Libya, a home is considered a natural human right.
In Gaddafi’s Green Book it states:
“Whoever possesses the house in which you dwell, the vehicle in which you ride or the income on which you live, possesses your freedom, or part of it. Freedom is indivisible. For people to be happy, they must be free, and to be free, they must possess the possibility of satisfying their own needs. Whoever possesses the means of fulfilling your needs controls or exploits you, and may enslave you despite any legislation to the contrary.
The material needs of people that are basic and personal start with food, housing, clothing and transport and must be regulated as private and sacred and their satisfaction should not depend on hire. To satisfy these material needs through rent, gives the original owner the right to interfere in your personal life and to control your imperative needs, even if the original owner be the society in general. The original owner can usurp your freedom and take away your happiness. The interference of the original owner may include repossessing your clothes, even leaving you naked on the street. Likewise, the owner of your means of transportation may leave you stranded on the sidewalk, and the owner of your house may make you homeless.
People’s imperative needs cannot be regulated by legal or administrative procedures. They must be fundamentally implanted into the society in accordance with natural rules.”
2. Education was free
Gaddafi’s view on education is something that seems to resonate with many. He believed that education had nothing to do with a routinized curriculum. He pointed to the fact that the western world has forced their youth to learn during specified hours while sitting in rows of desks, and that this type of education now prevails all over the world and goes against human freedom.
“State controlled education, which governments boast of whenever they are able to force it on their youths, is a method of suppressing freedom. It is a compulsory obliteration of a human being’s talent, as well as a coercive directing of a human being’s choices. It is an act of dictatorship destructive of freedom because it deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance. To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act. To impose certain subjects upon people is also a dictatorial act.
He strongly believed that state controlled/standardized education is again, a “forced stultification” of the masses. He believed that all governments who set courses of education in terms of a formal curriculum and force people to learn them are coercing and manipulating their citizens.
“All methods of education prevailing in the world should be destroyed through a universal cultural evolution that frees the human mind from curricula of fanaticism which dictate a process of deliberate distortion of man’s tastes, conceptual ability and mentality.”
He did not mean that schools should be closed, in fact he believed that education was important and that society should provide all types of education that gives the individual the chance to choose freely.
“Knowledge is a natural right of every human being of which no one has the right to deprive him or her under any pretext, except in a case where a person does something which deprives him or her of that right.”
3. Medical treatment was free
It’s beyond me as to why medical care is not free in all countries. This should be basic human right and we’ve drifted far from it. Are we not capable of creating something better as to where medical treatment could be free for everyone in all countries? Gaddafi strongly believed in this, and created it for his people.
4. There were no electricity bills in Libya, electricity was free
The western world wants to put a meter on everything. It’s just another way, out of many, to enslave us. Basic human rights are not met in the western world, and what’s even more discouraging is the fact that most of us sit back and accept it, or don’t even realize it.
5. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great ManMade River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country
6. All newlyweds in Libya would receive 60,000 Dinar ($50,000 USD) by the government to buy their first apartment to help start a family.
7. A portion of Libyan oil sales is or was credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens
8. Libya had it’s own state bank
Libya had its own State bank, which provided loans to citizens at zero percent interest by law and they had no external debt.
9. A bursary was given to mothers with newborn babies
When a Libyan woman gave birth she was given the equivalent to $5000 USD for herself and the child.
10. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the government would fund them to go abroad for it – not only free but they get US $2,300/month accommodation and car allowance
terrorist? hmmmmm