Of course he was a dictator, a megalomaniac, but the way he was dealt was barbaric. Wonder what is the difference between the fighting forces here? Who is fighting for just society? Both sides are barbaric. This doesn’t augur well at all. This looks like a long road for Libyans. Replacing one brutal force with another may seem to be beneficial for oil thirsty neo-colonial powers but it is destabilizing the region and with it the world. The events in region are a warning in many ways. Firstly, dictators better watch out. Give way to democracy -basic rights and dignity to people. And yes if people catch you on the street unarmed they are unlikely to hug you. Saleh, Assad….and all others better watch out. These are not normal times. These are times of technology driven connectedness and transparency. Hitching on patriarchal traditions and feudal norms will not work. Secondly, the event also brings in a dangerous precedence of NATO intervention. NATO –military alliance of West, has no mandate and shouldn’t be allowed to work as machinery of UN (at least that is what is being positioned, surely this is far from the truth). NATO’s actions are illegal. The mandate of the international community is for UNPKF and not NATO. Any repeat of NATO taking over UN mandate should be thwarted.
Spooky: the above pic does have an uncanny resemblance to the picture in the blog below!!
