It's been 36 hours or so since Muammar Gaddafi was gunned and brutally killed by his own country men. American TV and Indian TV cloning the American news channels flood the news on the death of hard lined dictator. It was 7am or so for me watching the news saying Gaddafi was captured alive and in 15 minutes news quotes he is killed. Today morning while checking the videos I soon realise the brutality with which he was killed. Hiding after a air attack in his home town, Gaddafi crawled back into rain drain hole under the road. Only to be discovered and pulled out and shot in his legs to prevent him from running. As it wasn't sufficient, he gets paraded in his home town for almost an hour on a truck with fighters round him. After a while an already exhausted ex-leader is pulled down and executed by a shot in the head.
American government publicly announces this and appalling the fighters and claiming Libya is liberated. Today morning I woke up to search who Gaddafi was and why was he such a criminal in eyes of Western nations that they choose to train guns on him.
Born in 1942 trained in the Libyan military he rose ranks to lead the uprising against the monarchy and the King of Libya in 1969. What followed was a military rule of Socialist nature, nationalising most of the oil companies and threatening others in the process. He also closed the British, American and French military bases in Libya. During the last 40 years what has been recorded economically is far more surprising than many Westerners will even want to believe. In the Sub-Saharan African continent where there are civil wars, War lords, blood diamonds and no leader ever cared for the welfare of the people. This small country maintained and achieved 100% education, had a per capita GDP of 16,000 USD, while the rest of Africa had an average of 1,000 USD; the next closest I believe is small country of Botswana which had 6000 USD. Mandela after being liberated is seen meeting and thanking Gaddafi for his support.
If this is the legend of a this person why was he a rogue. Just because he had guts to sniff out the capitalists long term intent of plundering the nation's resources and being exploited ? He sure had balls to stand out strong against the capitalist interest, and resist being enslaved and being turned into another pawn of NATO.
I don't know what the acquisitions against him are. A bombing in German bar, blowing up of a Pan America flight, a British person killed in its embassy. I don't know what the proofs linked him to direct atrocities cited above. When I look at the biggest and strongest US Anti-Terror Ally Pakistan, their government through ISI has infinite links with various militant organisations all over, who have kidnapped, captured and killed American soldiers and civilians equally. But still because Pakistan is an ally USA turns a blind eye. Pakistan doesn't have resources but is strategic against China or India or even the middle east, so it can get away with it. More so Pakistan has been under dictatorship which sold / leaked WMD and small arms to many rogue nations.
Gaddafi was seen at the UN and I was shocked at his daring speech, which spoke more truth than lies, he was shaking hands with Tony Blair and may western diplomats. I mean why didn't the nations arrest him for the crimes he was accused when he came out. His son was seen meeting Hilary Clinton to improve the relations with the USA, but they turned their backs against him supporting and sponsoring an uprising by some rebels in the country.
What did the countries like USA, UK and France sponsor and mingle in affairs outside their own sovereignty. The unrest ensured Gaddafi and his government take a hard stance against the rebels. You don't expect the government to fight armed rebellion to be put down by a Taser Gun or a shock Baton. The suppression of the rebels to culture peace is opposed by the Western Allies by accusing them of suppressing freedom and human rights violation. (I couldn't find any report of violations before 2009) they through the UN impose a No Fly zone against the Libyan sovereign government. While NATO and US using the drones bombed the front lines killings soldiers and civilians alike weakening the Government forces. NATO never cared about Civil rights violations in Rwanda, Congo or Somalia coz there is nothing to plunder, but for Libya Syria, Yemen, Iran and Iraq there is no escape from the greedy capitalist western world. CIA, under cover operatives do the same things as the Pakistan ISI and its militant outfits try to do bring political instability, and bring down governments to their knees. Enslave them without the physical brutality of it. What these countries end up once they are done with their oil reserves is desert and lots of closed American fast food chains and products in their country which again would have eaten into the consumer taste locally. Strange vicious cycle, you export oil at cheap rate to the US, get back tons of Americans to establish shop on pretext of globalisation (now does one needs coke or McD to be healthy is another debate or even get an Apple iPhone) consume and reap consumerism wave, make profits and take back the same (oil)money back home. All the way its clear who is the winner, and who the looser is. Gaddafi never had nothing to gain from this.
On the flip side if the sentiment against him was so bad, he should have atleast tried to trigger a democratic process and tried to get the sense of what the ground reality was. As a smart ruler he should have sniffed out what ever was best in the long term interest of the country and taken constructive steps in the that direction.
May be its also time that the democratic regime of the world realise that democracy is not always the solution, but more of money-wasting force where the power rotates between a select few who through corrupt means loot and increase the gap between the rich and poor. Every time a new group comes to power their main intent is to maximize their motive of filling in their pockets and of their well wishers who sponsored their elections. The cycle of looting goes unabated, relentlessly pushing the economies to brink of collapse with a elite few controlling the maximum of funds. Be it India, or be it the USA this is happening if one agrees or choice to turn a blind eye to it.
On the flip side if the sentiment against him was so bad, he should have atleast tried to trigger a democratic process and tried to get the sense of what the ground reality was. As a smart ruler he should have sniffed out what ever was best in the long term interest of the country and taken constructive steps in the that direction.
I wonder when the capitalist greed would come to an end, I wonder when would one country stop poking its nose into affairs of sovereign republics, I wish there is a better solution and better place of all this.
Last words of Gaddafi pleading to his tormentors " What you are doing is wrong.... Do you know right from wrong?" and the voice was silenced for ever!!! No more gutsy speeches in the UN no more nightmares for capitalist barons. Do we know the real evil that is happening driven by this baseless greed on natural resources of an alien country. Bizarre!!!
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