Qaddafi's Ignominious End -Daniel Pipes, PhD
Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi, Libya's leader since 1969, is defunct, gunned down in his home town of Sirte.
How fitting that he called the rebels against him "rats," yet his final moments were spent in a reeking drainage pipe under a highway, just like a rat, like his fellow Arab despot Saddam Hussein. Indeed, he is the sixth tyrant on the lam in the past decade to be captured or executed; that leaves only Mullah Omar, the former Taliban leader, on the loose, hiding like a common criminal.
Looking ahead, I nervously wish the Libyans well, hoping that the NATO-enabled overthrow of a brutal eccentric does not lead to the empowerment of brutal Islamist ideologues who do even more damage to Libya and beyond.
[National Review Online]
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4 comments:
He did die under nasty circumstances and despite the UN investigation i do not think any Libyans will feel bad about it. However, it is not encouraging that the new government has already announced that they will rule their nation by their religious dictates. Hopefully Libya won't be another Iran.
Not what the doctor ordered [another Iran]. I'm unimpressed with the Libyan experiment...President Obama chose poorly here...perhaps more like his predecessor...?
The difference is I do not think Obama, or any American, chose anything here. The prior regime was no friend of America or Israel and supported terrorist acts. We did not install this government, we aided those already fighting to overthrow the dictatorship. They claim they will be democratic and moderate. It remains to be seen. I have read that these religious conservatives are in the minority but were heavily involved in the fighting so hopefully they will strike a fair balance for their new nation.
I've no problem with helping to overthrow horrible dictators...but the President of the US should make sure the people we overthrow really matter in terms of American interests. Why, for instance, does our President not call for the overthrow of the [much more dangerous] Iranian dictators?
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