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Gadhafi checks out in a humiliating and painful manner
Written by Joseph Earnest October 20, 2011
Newscast Media TRIPOLI, Libya -- The capture and eventual death of Libyan leader Col. Gadhafi has several implications for the remaining dictators within and without Africa. One wonders why the U.S. and NATO let him die at the hands of his captors yet dictators like Gbagbo of Ivory Coast and even Saddam Hussein were allowed to live before the latter was allegedly hung. No other dictator put up a fight like Gadhafi, so it is obvious the U.S. knew and wanted him to die a barbaric and humiliating death.
The only logical reason is that Obama wanted the images to be imprinted upon the people's minds, so that it would make him look like a strong president, as we enter the election cycle. He wants to be known as the president who allegedly captured and killed Bin Laden and did the same to Gadhafi. Had this not been an election year, Gadhafi would still be alive. Now African dictators in sub-Saharan Africa need to be afraid, very afraid. In 2012, this journalist predicts we will see several regime changes initiated by Obama to gain political capital.
Gadhafi and other Arabians falsely believed that after Barack Obama was elected president, there would be better relations between Arabs and the West since Obama comes from a Muslim background. However, the opposite is true. If Hosni Mubarak were to pass away, it would be from a broken heart because he was the most loyal Arabian to the West, yet he too had to step down against his will. The Palestinians found out a few weeks ago that Obama would not stand by them and was a lot more loyal to Israel than they had thought.
Yet the Arab world including Ahmadinejad were strongly against the preceding presidents of the United States who came from a Christian background. If you look at how Gadhafi checked out at the hands of his own people who were more radical than he was, I'm sure he wished he had been captured by Christians.
However, the message goes beyond why Gadhafi was allowed to bleed to death, and not let him stand trial and answer to the atrocities he committed. There are a lot of Libyans who will never receive closure because of the unanswered questions lingering on their minds about their loved ones. At trial, he, just like Mubarak, would have been forced to take responsibility for his actions and inactions while he was Libya's absolute ruler. The message that is being sent is, dictators who cling to power, eventually wear out their welcome, and drastic measures have to be taken to loosen their grip. If Gadhafi the King of Kings could suffer such humiliation before his demise, no other dictator in Africa, no matter how loyal he has been to the West, will survive.
The dragging and parading of dead bodies in streets as human trophies, was something that was done in ancient Rome to tyrants. The scene in the above video is not one of a man dying for his country willingly, but of one being forced to die.
Gadhafi didn't have to die like a common thief, he should have taken refuge in South America before the NATO bombing when he was offered asylum, yet his pride would not allow him to bow out gracefully. Accordingly, Gadhafi's fall will now precipitate the end of dictatorships in Africa and Arabia. Add Comments>>
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