Libya died with Gaddafi. The people of Libya have never been worse off.

Tatenda Gwaambuka
Mon, Oct 3, 2016

One Mahommed, a 31 year old Libyan spoke words that largely resonated with the general feeling in his country. He said, “I joined the revolution in the first days and fought against Gaddafi. Before 2011, I hated Gaddafi more than anyone. But now, life is much, much harder, and I have become his biggest fan.” The country has seen a five-fold increase in the cost of food, unpaid salaries for months, the rise of Islamic State terror and worsening electricity black-outs. Nothing improved after Gaddafi and the country sees it now. Mahmoud, another Libyan added his own words of disappointment in the bitter fruits of the revolution, “We have had seven governments since 2011 and what have they achieved?' The only thing we can see is new dustbins because one of the early governments installed these new large bins across Tripoli. We still point to them and laugh, saying it's the only achievement of the revolution.”

The real Libya died with Gaddafi

An oil worker named Haroun said getting rid of Gaddafi “was clearly a mistake because we weren’t ready for democracy and we needed support from the international community, which just wasn’t there.” The West was eager to bomb but aborted the mission to restructure and help rebuild the ruins left in the aftermath of the bombings. Libyans were left to figure out a democracy they had not had for more than four decades on their own resulting in numerous groups claiming power using military means. Political activist Fadiel told the Dailymail that although “it should be better than Gaddafi’s time now,” all that remained is “chaos and everyone fighting each other, it’s just a mess.”

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Another Libyan who spoke about the country’s situation boldly said, “Libya died with Gaddafi. We are not a nation anymore, we have become just warring groups of tribes, towns and cities. Before, there was just one Gaddafi but now we have six million little Gaddafis.” The country has three governments all unwilling to compromise. There were two governments but another has been imposed on the country by the West through the United Nations. The country is so polarised that a former Libyan diplomat is on record saying, “The country is already divided. We have two governments, two parliaments, two Central banks and two National Oil Companies.”

As if this is not enough, the Islamic State has firmly held the city of Sirte for some time causing fears that this will become the factory of terrorist activity producing hardcore jihadist extremist fighters. The West has however jumped into the fray helping regain some ground from the IS fighters. The latest attack by the United States was an airstrike on the 1st of August. The other powers have been largely secretive about their intervention but a new militant group, Benghazi Defence Brigades killed three French in July 2016.

The fallacy of a revolution

Former diplomat Abdusalem is not the most objective of characters but the sense of his words is difficult to argue with. He says, “The so-called revolution was lies, all lies. We Libyans did not even know what the word revolution meant. We had been sheltered under Qaddafi for 42 years. It was not Libya's revolution, it was NATO's revolution because they wanted to get rid of Gaddafi.” Though it is a slight exaggeration since some people genuinely wanted Gaddafi out of power, it is true that NATO hijacked the cause and furthered its own ends with no regard for the future of the country. Obama admitted it was no longer an intervention for the right reasons but had become (France’s) Sarkozy and (Britain’s) Cameron’s shit-show.

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Cameron was also ruled to be ultimately responsible for the chaos in Libya by a recent report by his country’s legislature. Though NATO says it intervened to protect civilians, Salem, a 26 year old medical student from Tripoli has argued, “Far more people have been killed since 2011 than during the revolution or under 42 years of Gaddafi’s rule combined. We never had these problems under Gaddafi.” It is estimated that there are over 1,700 armed groups which rose as a result of the “revolution”; now politics in Libya cannot be determined by ballots but guns and bombs. The people of Libya have never been worse off. The democracy they hoped for has not come and to add insult to injury, there is no peace and the greatest terrorist organisation of this time is attempting to establish its base in the country. To quote the words of a citizen, “Libya died with Gaddafi”.



Interviews with Libyan citizens were carried out by the Daily Mail.

https://www.africanexponent.com/post/8016-we-miss-you-colonel-gaddafi-cry-the-troubled-libyans

Lol,,,,una neva see anything, sebi una sef want democracy

A similar case with Nigeria. Some people who hated Goodluck are now missing him badly. No more free bed in hospitals in zaria, every tom, dick and harry is sick.

They really in for a rough ride.
The intentions of the west has been achieved. One more strong African economy had been destroyed, the oil in Libya is not a threat anymore, billions of dollars of Libya (the people they liberated) are trapped under some obnoxious laws in different countries not to be released in the nearest future.

What's more painful; we Africans supported the rape and pillage. Now we have to live with it.

Truly Libya died with Col Ghaddafi

Hmmm

Hmmmm. Can we now conclude that democracy is a scam in Africa?

ademega:
Hmmmm. Can we now conclude that democracy is a scam in Africa?

Not only in Africa but the world generally, Dates back to the WW2 when democracy and communist fought.

If the communist had prevailed, life wouldn't have been perfect but a lot fine with their principle of equality and equity so Hitler was right after all. "Democracy is for the selfish few who careless about their people"---Hitler

Democracy breeds social disorder.

With democracy, Government lack the grip of controlling his citizens behavior be it good or bad.

The capitalist comes in to take the country's economy to themselves.

People jeopardize government policies while claiming Human Right.

The list is endless.

Since Nigeria embrace Democracy in 1999. Can we say Nigeria is far better than when we had the Military?

All we have was decay in societal values!!!!

Same will happen to Libyans, they just started.
It's just that Libyans are not Nigerians, they can take to another revolution!!!!

walexzee11:
Democracy breeds social disorder.

With democracy, Government lack the grip of controlling his citizens behavior be it good or bad.

The capitalist comes in to take the country's economy to themselves.

People jeopardize government policies while claiming Human Right.

The list is endless.

Since Nigeria embrace Democracy in 1999. Can we say Nigeria is far better than when we had the Military?

All we have was decay in societal values!!!!

Same will happen to Libyans, they just started.
It's just that Libyans are not Nigerians, they can take to another revolution!!!!

Who should be the dictator in charge of Nigeria? Who can you trust with that power?
Don't tell me you trust buhari or I will slap you. Democracy is not perfect but better than its alternatives. Make the wrong choice in a dictactorship or communism and you are finished .

CSTR2:
Who should be the dictator in charge of Nigeria? Who can you trust with that power?
Don't tell me you trust buhari or I will slap you. Democracy is not perfect but better than its alternatives. Make the wrong choice in a dictactorship or communism and you are finished .

with democracy is Libya not finish?

aaronson:
Not only in Africa but the world generally, Dates back to the WW2 when democracy and communist fought.

If the communist had prevailed, life wouldn't have been perfect but a lot fine with their principle of equality and equity so Hitler was right after all. "Democracy is for the selfish few who careless about their people"---Hitler

adolf Hitler was not a communist

omololu2020:
adolf Hitler was not a communist

Hitler was a facist and a facist is a far right communism. However being Nationalist was the game plan for the Nazi, matter of fact, The popular acronym NAZI was gotten from Nationalist but to the outside world and allies he was communist that was why he had communists as allies.

Hitler had always opposed democracy since day one and called it a party system that benefited only the capitalist.

You can never appreciate light until you see darkness,