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 youIt 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 the key to understand Qaddafi , a compliment Nasser once said from 40 years Egyptians turned in to a joke.This is Nasser’s will !!
Thank you for giving me another reason to dislike Nasser. Seriously, its not their fault its our fault.
ReplyDeleteAnon There is little question that Qaddafi is an egotistical nutcase. I don't quite understand your comment- What is the fault and who is "their"
ReplyDeleteI wish all of you anonymous commenters (bloggers)would adopt a nom de plume so that I could distinguish one from the other. How can we be sure that the anonymous you is consistent in his or her beliefs? Individuality is what sets us apart. Be brave!
@Misrscribe: Its not up to you to tell me how to present myself. We show our individuality through our thoughts first and the names are not what really counts. And what's with the "be brave" and how can we be sure if the anon you is consistent?! Are you analyzing me or discussing the post?! I choose to comment as an anon sometimes and some other times with an alias, its up to me and you can simply ask me if im the 1st anon for e.g.
ReplyDeleteI meant its our fault, the ppl in the region because we allow such incompetent figures to rule us. We switched on the "complaining" button and that's it, the majority are afraid and silent and we all know that change will not come by being silent.
To anon. Thank you for the clarification. Sorry I pushed your button. I confess that I too have ocassionally gone the Anon route. Not in this forum however. The last sentence in your latest came from the heart and is the awful truth. You are speaking of your leaders but too many of them use religion and hate of perceived enemies as the glue that binds their followers and silences their opponents.
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Too many good muslims have remained silent out of fear while their religion has been hijacked by terrorists and other power seekers. It is the hijackers that give Islam such a bad name in the West. We have a sustantial number of Muslims in America and they were and are free to practice their religion and were respected not feared.They lived in peace and had better lives than they had in their own lands. Things changed after 9/11. The failure of their leaders to clearly condemn the terrorists and the fact that some of them even supported the incredible idea that the Israelis or the American Government perpetrated the act raised doubts in the minds of Americans. I argued a few years ago with a very successful well informed devout Muslim who still does business in Iraq snd the Gulf about the lack of condemnation and he justified the stance on what I would call a "judge not lest ye be judged" position that can be found in the Koran as well as the Bible. To use this argument is nothing but sophistry that is intended to cover the fact that many good muslims remain silent because they fear for their lives and their families. After all good Muslims are being murdered every day by ruthless power seekers and/or radical religionists who want to throw their countries and peoples back into the dark ages. Remarkably many good people are also able to rationalize the whole mess and blame it on the Jews.If Israel were to go away tomorrow the same terrible leaders who silence all opposition in the Middle East would quickly create another enemy to distract their subjects.
Salaam Alayakum
@anonymous, it is ours for sure to accept that kind of rulers all those years.
ReplyDelete@Miscribe,with my all respect we do not speak about those terrorists and how they hijacked Islam, we are speaking about those dictators the West supported to serve their interests in the area for all those years depending on our silence for fear these dictators power like the Shah of Iran , you focus about the last 20 years with the rise of radicalism which if I am not mistaken was supported by the America and the CIA in its war against the Soviet where as our problem here goes for a whole century
@young activist , he had changed Libya but from bad to worse
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