ARAB NEWS – EDITORIAL: How long will the world remain a mute spectator to the madness of Qaddafi?
Libya continues to hurtle down to the precipice. Amid fierce fighting and fantastic claims and counterclaims of Muammar Qaddafi and opposition forces, a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding across the North African country. Proving his detractors right, Qaddafi has unleashed murderous force on his own people using all the deadly firepower at his disposal.
Even as the crafty colonel goes to absurd lengths to insist ad nauseam that he holds no position in the "people's republic" and that all his people "love" him, he spares no effort to annihilate the very same people. To top it all, he demands international help as he is — according to him — fighting Al-Qaeda and international terrorism.
And yes, also needed is, says he, an urgent UN and African Union probe into the ongoing "conspiracy against people's power"! While there has never been any dearth of Qaddafi's shenanigans, he seems to have broken his own stellar record of lunacy. Clearly, in the make-believe world that the Libyan dictator has built around himself, there's no place for ephemeral things like reality, reason and common sense. This is why it's not possible for him to see the stark writing on the wall. Continue reading and comment >>> Editor | Sunday, March 06, 2011
