Muammar Qaddafi has a vision for Africa – a United States of Africa – with one government, one army and one currency. Of course, if this were to happen, it would shift the balance of power globally. The well documented fact is that if Africa stopped the flow of all African resources and raw materials to the western nations for just one week – the United States and Europe would grind to a halt – they are that dependent on Africa and are therefore determined to maintain their ability to control events on the continent. The Black Agenda Report
According to the ubiquitous Wikipedia, Israel is the only “established democracy” in the Middle East. BU readily discloses that it is not a robust reference source to satisfy the academics among us. BU did not even bother to check what exist in Africa; a continent known for countries preferring dictatorship style governments.
Understanding the underlying issues which feed the politics of the Middle East and Africa would be to compare to tiptoeing through a mine field in the heat of a battle. What is known beyond a shadow of a doubt is to acknowledge the geopolitical considerations by the West which has shaped its foreign policy of that region. It is a region made important because of its mineral wealth, a valuable source of raw material for the industrialized West.
The decision by France to orchestrate a No-Fly Zone sanctioned by the United Nations on Libya brings several concerns to the fore. If one were to ask what is fair then it is reasonable to expect similar sanctions are in the offing for Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain and a few other countries in the region reported to be using heavy handed tactics against citizens in continuing unrest. Why the fury against Col. Muammar Qaddafi?
To seek enlightenment on the many troubling issues which continue to trouble the Middle East and Africa, it is useless to follow the local media or local commentators. There appears to be a willingness to surrender to one side of the argument influenced by a Westintoxitonian view. Frankly BU prefers to turn to the writings of a man like Gerald A. Perreira who has lived in Libya for many years. “He served in the Green March, an international battalion for the defence of the Libyan revolution and was an executive member of the World Mathaba based in Tripoli.”
In a startling revelation Perreira fingers the coalition forces fighting against Qaddafi’s forces in Libya of joining with al Qaeda. To give context to Perreira’s position readers may recall the report of the British recruiting al Qaeda groups in Libya to assassinate Qaddafi in 1996. There is a pre-existing relationship between the British and al Qaeda. Perreira also reminds his readers that “Muammar Qaddafi and the Libyan revolutionary forces were the first to issue an arrest warrant for Osama bin Laden. They have spent years trying to warn the world about the very serious threat posed by these Islamic deviants. According to Shayler, western intelligence turned a deaf ear to Libya’s warnings because they were actually working with the al Qaeda group inside Libya, to bring down Qaddafi and the Libyan revolution.”
Qaddafi has also made himself unpopular internally by calling for pale skinned Libyans to marry darker Africans. It seems ludicrous that the West would want to crush the Libyan revolution which has been comparatively successful in improving the quality of life for its citizens when compared to many countries in the region which are led by dictators or have monarchies installed.
It is decades now the West has been trying to solve the problems of the Middle East and Africa with no success. When will they learn?
Idealistically we in the Western world would wish for a democratic system as we practice it for Libya. We would want Libyans to enjoy the so-called freedoms we enjoy. However, wouldn’t we also wish attempts to lead change in that part of the world to be done free from the greed and hypocrisy practiced by Western governments?
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