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Libya on verge of civil war, says Seif al-Islam Gaddafi THE son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has warned his country is on the verge of civil war after protesters seized control of military bases and tanks. But while he admitted mistakes had been made in a brutal crackdown by his father's regime, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi said there would be "rivers of blood" if protesters refused to accept offers of reform. [...] http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/libyan-pm-baghdadi-mahmudi-defends-violence-to-crush-plot/story-e6frg6so-1226009226234

Another revolution is underway. This time the people want to remove a despot who was not installed by the USA. If I read Abu correctly he said the Arab street is a tinerbox because the people want to oust USA puppets. Libya would seem to prove Abu wrong.

I wish to state for the record that I have a poster of Gaddafi in my bedroom. I find him ruggedly handsome and I like his kick-ass ways. He did make a ridiculous statement about AIDS but anyone who wears declasse safari suits and lives in a tent must be given a bit of latitude.

One other interesting observation: why has Gaddafi remained a lowly colonel all this time? With a chestfull of medals awarded for things like riding a camel backwards and being able to say "two all beef patties, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onion on a sesame seed bun" in 5.6 seconds he should have achieved Field Marshall status. What held him back?

Hey, don't knock the safari suit.
It might be making a comeback one day.
Gaddafi could be trendy yet again.

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This time the people want to remove a despot who was not installed by the USA.

Western puppets, not just American ones. It's no secret Qadhafi, like most North African leaders (Ben Ali et. al.) is more aligned to the Europeans, especially the Italians. Qadhafi has been quite close with Berlusconi.

What they all have in common is that they put the interests of the West first, and of their people last.

Ahmadinejad on the other hand is the opposite of this, he puts his people's interests first, and the interests of Israel & the U.S last, hence the reason there will be no popular uprising in Iran.

abu_rashid wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2011 at 7:37pm:

Ahmadinejad on the other hand is the opposite of this, he puts his people's interests first, and the interests of Israel & the U.S last, hence the reason there will be no popular uprising in Iran.

Because he's so popular? What was that dissent that was voiced during the Green Revolution bearing in mind that Iranians don't like the West and hence could not be stirred up by the West. Was it because of high electricity prices? An increase in the cost of postage? Or was it something starting with A?

The only thing going for Gaddafi  was his leadership among African countries in the late 90's. He brought a certain amount of stability to  Sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately he has rapidly gone downhill since then, and now he's just a silly old (dangerous) man who can't even make a coherent speech.

Iran will see its rebellion too.  

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Because he's so popular?

Yes. He's popular because he's nobody's man, but the Iranian people's man. He's concerned about making Iran strong and powerful and advanced, something the West obviously do not like one bit. The kinds of leaders that flourish under the Western domination of the region, are those who act as minders of the West's resources that accidentally got deposited in the wrong locations (ie. other people's countries).


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What was that dissent that was voiced during the Green Revolution

It was a joke. It gained absolutely no traction amongst the people, unlike the revolutions against the Western puppets in the Arab lands, which gained instant traction amongst millions. You'd better take a long hard think about that one.


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bearing in mind that Iranians don't like the West and hence could not be stirred up by the West

I don't think Iranians nor Arabs dislike the West, they dislike the West controlling them and sucking their resources dry.

There's no doubting though that Mousavi and his cohorts are indeed Western lackeys, who eye themselves as occupying a Mubarak-type position in Iran, if ever they manage to weasel their way in.