Thus always to tyrants.
Sic semper tyrannis.
Burial at Sea?
I can tell you this, they didn’t kill him because of Lockerbie.
Yeah....'cause from here on in, it's gonna be all rainbows and unicorns in that corner of the world. Just check the Lybian rebel ranks and those waiting to take over in neighboring Egypt. Meet the new boss......WORSE than the old boss.
How can Obama endorse a mafia-style whacking?
I think it is a disgrace, no matter how rotten a bastard Momo was.
The old tyrant is dead, make way for the new tyrant...
Libyan gangsters dragged Daffy from his hidey-hole and summarily executed him.
This is a prime example of why the USA is superior to every other country on planet Earth, especially those populated with SandMonkeys who live by the dictates of a 7th Century death cult.
Note to “all” wannabee dictators . . .
do not p’off your subjects . . .
I didn’t hear our glorious leader condemn the brutal execution. He is Soooooo clueless. As someone pointed out to me on another thread, murder is ALWAYS illegal and immoral and if anyone cheers this execution (even though the guy was a scumbag) then shame on them.
By Jack David
Muammar Qaddafi is dead. What significance does that fact have? Several observations and questions come to mind.
First, few in Libya and virtually no one elsewhere will mourn his passing. Libya is rid of its vicious tyrannical leader and the world is rid of a terrorist and sponsor of terrorism.
Second, will the defeat and death of Qaddafi be instructive to other tyrants say, those in Syria, Iran, or North Korea? What lessons will they take from Qaddafis demise? An optimist might say that one lesson for the tyrants is that oppressed people may rise up if given a chance, with lethal consequences for the oppressor. But a more likely response of the tyrants still in power would be to prevent the oppressed from ever having the chance of rising up against them. And, of course, the tyrants in Syria, Iran, and North Korea must ask themselves whether the oppressed Libyans would have had a chance of toppling Qaddafi without Western support air cover and intelligence and aid and whether that support would have been forthcoming had Qaddafi had WMD and the means of delivering it. More likely than not, the tyrants of the world will see Qaddafis defeat and elimination as more evidence that he was foolish to give up his nuclear and other WMD programs in the middle of the last decade.
Third, the defeat and death of Qaddafi cannot be viewed as a triumph of Western policy in general and U.S. policy in particular. President Obama called for Qaddafis ouster early in the conflict and then did nothing about it, never asking Congress for authority to use force, refusing to target Qaddafi himself, and then refusing to acknowledge that he was being targeted when NATO clearly was doing so even insisting that the U.S. was not engaged in hostilities in Libya. The dallying and confusion of the Western response will be remembered just as much as the fact of Qaddafis demise.
Finally, Qaddafis death is not relevant to whether the so-called Arab Spring really is a spring in Libya. Reports that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb secured Qaddafis weapons for their own future terrorist efforts and related reports that they are seeking a role in Libyas future are worrisome. Libyas transitional authorities this month prevented exiled Libyan Jew David Gerbi from reopening Tripolis synagogue and then forced him to flee the country. This too is very discouraging. And the Draft Constitutional Charter of the Libyan opposition promises in Article 1 of its general provisions that the principal legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia) also discouraging. It suggests that the Qaddafi dictatorship may well be followed by a new authoritarian regime that is hostile to the West, not a liberal, democratic one.
In short, while Qaddafis demise without a torturous trial is cause to be pleased, it is no evidence that we can be less vigilant about threats to U.S. and Western interests from post-spring Libya.
So ... he got the Mussolini treatment.
His last words were, “Not in the face!!!! Not in the face!!!”
Who cares? We need to drill drill drill. We need to build new refineries. And then tell the Arabs to screw off. I’m tired of hearing about the Arabs and their oil and the stupid moslem so-called “religion”. Let them rip each others throats out while we have $1.50 a gallon gas and money flows like water again in America.....
I must admit to not having a full handle on the Libyan situation.
Other than I thought the rebel who will likely replace him are probably worst than he was?
Is Libya a threat to our national interest. Did they declare war on us or another country? Is this a war? Did we break Libya and do we have to fix it?
Is this about the oil?
Is Obama officially a war monger?
Does he have to give back his Nobel Peace Prize?
Although, a good tyrant is a dead tyrant.
The caliphate continues. Savage animals, all.
America had no business being involved in Libya for any reason.
LLS