Posted by
Steve on Friday, October 21, 2011 11:47:23 AM
Qaddafi is no more. The man with the hardest name to spell is now dead. There are about as many ways to spell Qaddafi as there are people trying to spell it. As far as I know, there is no “official” way to spell his name. Now that he is dead, it does not matter. His death closes a 42 year reign as the leader of Libya.
The details of his death are still sketchy about 24 hours after he met his demise. The original report had him captured. The second report said he was killed. Obama is trying to take credit for the death by claiming that a Predator Drone fired a missile that attacked the convoy that Qaddafi was in. Are any of these the truth or are all of these the truth? Eventually the truth will come out on the details of Qaddafi’s final moments.
My guess is that the Predator Drone fired a missile that stopped the convoy and possibly injured Qaddafi. The insurgents then captured the convoy and the injured Qaddafi. Not wanting a trial and probably to take out some revenge, the insurgents killed him on the spot. There are pictures of Qaddafi’s dead body being dragged through the streets.
It is interesting that showing a dead Qaddafi is ok, but showing a dead Osama bin Laden is not ok. Something seems amiss with that scenario or am I missing something? We still have not seen a picture of a dead Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden’s body was treated with respect by the Navy Seals. We have seen the gruesome pictures of Qaddafi’s body being dragged through the streets in an act of brutal barbarism by the insurgents. Now the true bloodbath will begin in Libya. Anyone that is thought to have sympathetic thoughts toward Qaddafi and his regime will be tried by a kangaroo court and killed. Then, anyone who starts to oppose the new rulers of Libya will be summarily dispatched. Thousands will most likely die before this is all over. How many thousands will die is anyone’s guess at this point. I would venture that the number will be at least 500,000.
Right now, our Fearless Leader is trying to take credit for deposing Qaddafi. Our Fearless Leader always wants the plaudits when things are going well or even perceived to go well. When things are tough, he is nowhere to be seen. He lets others take the heat for his mistakes. But, that is what a “Fearless Leader” does. A true leader takes the praise and the heat. Since Obama is nothing but a fraud, he is nowhere to be found when things are tough. When it is time to hang awards for bravery or accomplishment, he is first in line. That is one thing I miss about George W. Bush, he always tried to give credit to others and deflect it from himself. That ended up making him that much better of a leader in everyone’s eyes. Obama’s policy of taking all the credit and none of the blame does not endear him to anyone.
We should not have been in Libya in the first place. I can see sending Predator Drones or stuff like that. The bombing and other support we have provided was not necessary if the insurgents were going to win. We ended up killing civilians for no particular reason. We helped the very people that are killing our soldiers in Iraq. That does not make any strategic sense at all. Perhaps we will hear justification for the Libya incursion in the future. But right now, we are being left in the dark. Hopefully we will learn the reason before Obama leaves office. But if we do not know now, we are not likely to find out in the next 13 months.