Gaddafi's brutality has united Libya

[tabatha]

I am almost the same age as Gaddafi's regime. I was born in 1968, a year before Gaddafi came to power.

The regime in Libya is built on the safety and security of Gaddafi himself. Every aspect of Libyans' lives revolves around him and no one dares to question his orders.

Living in that sort of situation for so long you tend to go with the flow just to be able to achieve basic goals in your life. I joined the Libyan foreign ministry since it included opportunities for self-development: the chance of being posted abroad, of being exposed to other cultures and societies, and of trying to change some stereotypes about Libyans.

But once the uprising occurred, the scene changed and mixed emotions and feelings emerged; feelings of anxiety, doubt, fear and even hope. We weren't sure what to think or expect until the day Gaddafi's son, Saif, appeared on Libyan TV and made his historic speech to the Libyan people and the world.



Saif Gaddafi A speech by Gaddafi's son, Saif, made it clear 'that this man was as crazy and brutal as his father'. Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/22/gaddafi-brutality-libya-libyan-mission

This was NOT a revolution orchestrated by external forces. Also, check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0vChMDuNd0

It is incredibly obvious that this is an amateur effort. One of the scenes in the video was similar to a Flickr photo of a bunch of people sitting in a room with laptops - they were architectural students and others finding the freedom to write and express themselves.

One poster here thought it was proof that this was an organized rebellion - nothing could be further from the truth. It was a bunch of people trying out their wings in newly found freedom.

[bobbolink]

1. Kick for some very brave people... and thanks for the post!

:yourock:

[Kaleva]

2. kicked and rec'd

[joshcryer]

3. K&R

[Raksha]

4. K & R

[On the Road]

5. Your Posts Add So Much Substance to the Conversation

It is getting old hearing platitudes thrown around that could apply to any situation in any country in any time.

[joshcryer]

6. hoped-for post-Gaddafi government will be "secular and democratic".

1124: Representatives of the rebel's interim council have told a meeting of reporters, intellectuals and sympathisers in Paris that the hoped-for post-Gaddafi government will be "secular and democratic". Mansour Saif Al-Nasr, a representative of the Benghazi-based council, said Libyans "are a moderate people, and the state will not be led by clerics".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12776418

[cali]

7. of course things aren't nearly as simple as you portray them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12829078

And your claim that this military effort has Arab League support, is a bit dated.

Sorry, but your op reads more like propaganda than anything else.