Thursday 9 June 2011

Post-Gaddafi Libya?


The international coalition have extended their military campaign in Libya for another 90 days. They have tried all options but Gaddafi is not leaving. All his military defences have been crippled and most of his trusted aides have left him. Gaddafi sya he will die in Libya and no where else. The west should be careful of what they are doing in Libya becuase they are creating enemies for themselves. They are now saying that the international community should brace itself for a possible post-Gaddafi Libya. The whole world is watching if after the extension the international coalition will be able to kick out Gaddafi. It will be very embarassing if they are not able to kick Gaddafi out. Mark my words, the rebells will be manipulated by the west, no matter how independent they try to be. More civilians are still being killed in the conflict. It is time we heard the voice of the African Union coming out strongly to condemn the attacks on Libya but they have decided to keep mute and betray their African brother Gaddafi. They were showering praises on him when he used to be the main financier of most of the conferences held by the AU. Gaddafi is facing an imminent departure from his motherland and his peers are looking on unconcerned as if he was never prominent in the affairs of the continent. Libya might just turn into another Iraq or Afghanistan when Gaddafi is forcifully removed from office. This is because his followers will not like to leave without putting up a fight till the last man dies. There is this African proverb that says that 'When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers'. Innocent civilians will face the brunt of both the rebells and remnants of Gaddafi's forces. We are all watching and waiting for what will happen during the 90 days and after that if Libya will come back to being a stable country or left with tribal and ethnic conflicts as it is being done in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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