In the early beginning of the Libyan uprising my son asked me what I thought of Gadaffi .Is he a rascal , a scoundrel or a hero ? I said he is none of those .But for what he was doing then ,he was a man fulfilling his duty as Head of a revolution . I said you must remember that he came to power in Libya through a bloodless coup at the age of 27 . Since then he built Libya from a lifeless desert to what it is to day,a land of plenty and the pride of the African nation . As a leader ,despite the good that you do you cannot please every body .Anywhere in the world there will be opposition to the way you rule ,whatever the form of rule is . In the case of Gadaffi ,just like in Tunisia and Egypt there were protests that explode suddenly, without debate or a comprehensible warning shouting slogans that is totally alien . These streets protests grew within hours from the starting point and one does not even have time to know how and who started it.
. As a leader given that circumstances what are you expected to do ? Pack up and leave .That would be simplistic . You are a leader of the nation and when the country faces the prospects of chaos and anarchy the logical thing to do is to continue to keep the lead and try to bring back the country to normalcy. To do otherwise is an act of treason .
I am amazed at the display of naivety by some world leaders in calling for the removal of Gadaffi without first looking at the hard fundamentals of history and the cultural fabric of Libya .
For now it is important for the world to know the exact profile of the so called ' rebels' .Are they a bunch of over sized criminals or an extended arm of other powers that have a completely different agenda . The sooner we know this the easier it is to take sides ,if need be .
Malaysians must not swallow the narration of the international media hook line and sinker .
Let us stop being a mouthpiece of somebody else ,for once .
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