Excerpts of Muammar Gaddifi’s Speech with commentary….

Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, on Thursday, tried to rally his supporters to retake Tripoli, or to put it in his words “purify” the capital city.  He labeled the “rebels” and their supporters as “rats, crusaders and unbelievers…”

Mr. Gaddifi called upon the various tribes that make up a large segment of Libyan society, to march to Tripoli and retake the city.  He called for a million man march on the city to fight the “rebels.” 

Mr. Gaddifi is quoted as saying "Libya is for the Libyan people and not for the agents, not for imperialism, not for France, not for Sarkozy, not for Italy," he said. "Tripoli is for you, not for those who rely on NATO."  Oh?  Libyan’s have known for a long time that Libya is not for Libyan’s.  It was the personal fiefdom of Gaddifi and his family and close associates.  Libyans have not enjoyed the benefits of freedom or  Libya’s wealth under his rule.

Continuing he said “The enemy is delusional, NATO is retreating. It cannot go on forever in the air. NATO be damned," he shouted. "We will defeat them with determination, through will, commitment to freedom, sovereignty, dignity and glory. Never be afraid of them, only fear God, you are closer to God than they." 

Let’s dissect this part of his broadcast.  He said the enemy was “delusional.”  “NATO is retreating..”  I hope someone has the courage to explain to him that the NATO planes are not retreating they are refueling and rearming for the next sortie.  Clearly someone in all of this is delusional.  I will let you guess who that is. 

You got to love it when  he said “you are closer to God than they…”  I think his supporters are closer to God than the rest of us, that is to say they are very much closer to meeting God than the rest of us!  And if they continue to fight the “rebels” they will probably meet God sooner than later.

The news reports mentioned that Gaddifi was ”speaking from an unknown location….”  Hmmm  That should tell you something. 

Let’s stop here for a moment and gather our thoughts.  Mr. Gaddifi is calling on a million men, tribesmen from all over Libya to march on Tripoli while he hides.  I have an idea for Mr. Gaddifi, you lead the march on Tripoli!  My guess is that he is looking for a one way ticket to Venezuela to be with his fellow dictator Mr. Chavez. 

But wait!  There’s more! He called on his “people” to go “Street by street, alleyway by alleyway, house by house," "The tribes that are outside of Tripoli must march on Tripoli. Each tribe must control its area and stop the enemy setting its foot on this pure land." Pure land?  For 42 years Libya has been his personal possession, he and his minions, owned Libya and its wealth.  He turned Libya into a terrorist state, an international pariah.   Now he calls upon those very people whose country he stole and whom he enslaved to drive out the “rats, crusaders and unbelievers…”  I don’t think anyone is listening.

Now for the best part.  Mr. Gaddifi called upon the religious leaders with the following plaintiff cry "O sheikhs of the mosques, O scholars, incite the people to jihad. Go out as their leaders."  Did you read that last part?  The part about going out as their leaders?  What does “going out” mean?  Dying for the cause?  Why doesn’t Mr. Gaddifi “go out” as a leader?  He, like so many of his ilk, enlist the simple minded, the lost souls of our world, to do their sinister bidding.  Strapping bombs to their bodies, putting them on the front lines, demanding they sacrifice.  All the while they live in opulent homes, possess great personal wealth and refuse to become “martyrs” for the cause.  When was the last time one of the Sheiks blew himself up in the name of God?

Then he continued ""Do not leave Tripoli to those rats, kill them, defeat them quickly. You are the crushing majority… There will be no safe place for the enemies."  "I call upon you to organize a million man march that will fight this time, that will fill the streets and fill the squares. Do not fear the shelling. These are blank shells that scare you."  Do not fear the shelling?  Is that what he said?  He did indeed.  He said they are “blank shells that scare you.”  Is he crazy?  If the shells are “blank” why is in hiding?  Why doesn’t he “go out” and bravely stare down one of those blank shells?

He then stated "Bring out the men and women this time to purify Tripoli. Bring out the young inside Tripoli to protect all alleyways and districts… They must fight and not give up."  He even instructs the women to come out and fight.  But, I repeat myself, he hasn’t come out and fought.

Is it at all possible that he doesn’t “get it?”  He enslaved the Libyan people for over four decades.  Stole their wealth.  Created a society with rampant unemployment, no hope, filled with despair among all of the people.  And what does he do?  He calls upon Libyans to fight for him while he remains in an “unknown location.”  He wants others to spill their blood while he steals their future.  He is a mad man.  Sadly, he is not alone in our world.

Hal

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