in 1996 there was an almost prescient statement by Qadaffi:
"In 1996, during the opening of Phase II of the Great Man-Made River Project, Gaddafi said:
This is the biggest answer to America and all the evil forces who accuse us of being concerned with terrorism. We are only concerned with peace and progress. America is against life and progress; it pushes the world toward darkness."
Perhaps that statement was a little glib, but America actually became as Qadaffi predicted, and he was betrayed by his own ally.This fact has not gone UN-noticed in Japan, for example.
A very good read:
How Gaddafis Great Man-Made River Project Became Part of Water Wars
Posted by Jamahiriya News Agency on December 11, 2013
By Linda Housman https://jamahiriyanewsagency.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/how-gaddafis-great-man-made-river-project-became-part-of-water-wars/
His days were numbered from the moment he upset the Saudi ‘royals’ - watch their faces:
And Assad stands by what he says, so Assad had to be next.