The Key To Qaddafi’s Personality

I know that I am lazy and I should have written this post from couple of weeks ago when the Fath so called Revolution 40th celebrations were the talk of world after all it was not usual to see all those guests especially from the west celebrating with Qaddafi , the same man they fought for 40 years.
40 Years had passed and the Libyan policies have been changing in the same way the moods of Qaddafi have been, from socialism to capitalism, from East to West , from Arab nationalism to African nationalism, from a colonel who downed a monarchy to the king of kings of Africa.

Of course in this year’s celebration the main focus Qaddafi as it has always been in the past 40 years in Libya.
To understand the key of this man’s personality who many consider mad , we must go back to history but I must tell you that this an is not mad as you may think.
It was well known and documented that when Qaddafi led his coup against the As-Senussi Royal Family in 1969 President Nasser congratulated the young promising officer telling him the following words that changed the world of that young officer forever :

I see my youth in you

It seems that Nasser did not know or predict the mentality he was dealing with. He did not know those few words would turn the life of that young office upside down and become the quest of his life and the price the Libyan people have to pay : To become the second Gamal Abdel Nasser. 

Nasser and Qaddafi in 1969

Yes Qaddafi is trying to be the second Gamal Abdel Nasser and it was obvious that he has been doing since the death of Nasser , he believed that compliment as a fact that should happen , he should be the next Gamal Abdel Nasser of the Arab nationalism , African independence and the socialist world…etc.

On the 23rd of July 1973 Qaddafi resigned as leader of the Revolutionary Command Council. The council refused to accept the resignation and thousands were gathered in demonstrations to show their support and urge him not to resign !! “Does not this sound familiar, remember 9th of June 1967 in Egypt !!”

In 1970s Qaddafi thought that by bringing Haikel to his side , he would bring the brain of Nasser and he would be him ; of course it did not work . I even heard from some source that he wanted Salah Nasr in his country and Sadat refused, I do not know if he knew that Nasr turned against Nasser.

He called for Arab nationalism just like Nasser but he failed , he is calling currently to African unity which is based on the independence ideas Nasser spread in Africa , of course it does not work either despite the millions of dollars simply because he does not do this sincerely , he does it because he wants to be Qaddafi, the heir of Nasser !! Even in his fight with the Saudi Royal family which I can’t find a real reason for , he is imitating Nasser

Man you think about it you will feel that he tried to imitate Nasser in every possible even in the cons of Nasser from personality cult to books to dictatorship , of course it was bad imitation. Believe me , he is dying to be Nasser , I remember in Al Jazeera interview with Faisal El-Kassam in the beginning of the show he made us hear that quote of Nasser saying afterwards :

This is Nasser’s will !!

This is the key to understand Qaddafi , a compliment Nasser once said from 40 years Egyptians turned in to a joke.

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