Spiderman
Veteran Member
I wrote this nursery rhyme. Just picture children in kindergarten singing it instead of an adult! (the "for he's a jolly good fellow" part isn't my work)
The last thing I would do is defend a Sunni Dictator. So, here it goes.
I met a former muslim in real life who lived with the Palestinians in the middle east. He shared with me why Gaddafi was a hero.
"Here are some Facts you probably do not know about Libya under Muammar Gaddafi:
There was no electricity bills in Libya; electricity is free … for all its citizens.
• There was no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law.
• If a Libyan is unable to find employment after graduation, the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found.
• Should Libyans want to take up a farming career, they receive farm land, a house, equipment, seed and livestock to kick start their farms –this was all for free.
• Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country.
• A home was considered a human right in Libya. (In Qaddafi’s Green Book it states: “The house is a basic need of both the individual and the family, therefore it should not be owned by others.”)
• All newlyweds in Libya would receive 60,000 Dinar (US$ 50,000 ) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start a family.
• A portion of Libyan oil sales is or was credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.
• A mother who gives birth to a child would receive US $5,000•
When a Libyan buys a car, the government would subsidizes 50% of the price.
• The price of petrol in Libya was $0.14 per liter.
• For $ 0.15, a Libyan local could purchase 40 loaves of bread.
• Education and medical treatments was all free in Libya. Libya can boast one of the finest health care systems in the Arab and African World. All people have access to doctors, hospitals, clinics and medicines, completely free of charge.
• If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the government would fund them to go abroad for it – not only free but they get US $2,300/month accommodation and car allowance.
• 25% of Libyans have a university degree. Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans were literate. Today the figure is 87%.
• Libya had no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion – though much of this is now frozen globally.
Finally, the gold bullion held by the Libyan Central Bank (March 2011) was among the 25 largest reserves in the world, as reported by the Financial Times, .
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-884508
So, sounds to good to be true right?
It can all be verified by many sources.
He had some sympathies for the wrong people, I will admit.
Let's not forget, even the wonderful Barack Hussein Obama also funded terrorists and was responsible for many deaths.
Even Barak Hussein says that his intervention in Libya was the worst mistake of his presidency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...presidency
Obama said planning for the aftermath was the worst mistake of his presidency. Read between the lines. Obama couldn't plan any differently unless he sent troops there to police the place like in Iraq. Obama would never do that. Therefore, if you read between the lines, Obama severely regrets intervening in the first place as the worst mistake of his presidency.
Finally,
Gaddafi was trying to eradicate severely disturbing Rebels who are extremely racist :
" Libya has also long been a base for guest workers from all over Africa who were attracted by its booming oil economy to find decent work.
For years they were welcomed by Muammar Gaddafi, but now, many of those same migrants are scrambling to flee Libya’s instability and deadly discrimination
In particular, the lid was lifted on a fervent undercurrent of racism which has resulted in the detention, torture and murder of thousands of black Libyans and sub-Saharan migrants since 2011.
A group of Sudanese immigrants close to the eastern border with Egypt told us that following the 2011 February revolution, armed Libyans went from door-to-door looking for ‘Africans’.
“We were chased everywhere we went,” said J.Kawasili who originally comes from Somalia. “They said we supported Gaddafi and killed rebels and assaulted women.”
Racism and revolution: the plight of black Africans in Libya
Gaddafi was up against radical terrorists and bigots, so he laid siege to their cities. He was trying to remove a cancerous tumor from his country. That tumor has now turned Libya into a total disaster and nightmare. Libya used to enjoy luxuries that we don't even have in America!
Gaddafi was no Angel, but every Saint is also a sinner.
