Why was Muammar Gaddafi murdered? I feel there are two purposes of the murder. After the miserable defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan, the West needed a morale booster. The killings of Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and Gaddafi served as morale boosters. The second purpose that these killings serve is that they divert attention from the real issues and problems they face at home with the worst recession since the Great Depression. This is part of the West’s bigger agenda of establishing neo-colonialism with the goal of ruthlessly controlling and exploiting the natural resources of the developing countries. It’s debatable whether Gadaffi was a hero or a villain but at the end of the western era, history will be re-written and the Western leaders will be declared murderous villains as the blood is also on their hands.
By Dr. Sawraj Singh
Former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi was brutally murdered by the so-called “rebels,” who in reality are mercenaries, western lackeys, and traitors. Therefore, they could not have killed him without the consent of their masters. First of all, the murder exposes the bitter truth about the false claims of the West about democracy, human rights, and the rule of the law. The only agenda the western neo-colonial powers have is of ruthlessly controlling and exploiting the natural resources of the developing countries.
The first question is why was Gaddafi murdered? I feel there are two purposes of the murder. After the miserable defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan, the West needed a morale booster. The killings of Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and Gaddafi served as morale boosters. The West wants to give the impression that they are winning the war against terrorism and reassure their people that everything is under control.
The second purpose that these killings serve is that they divert attention from the real issues and problems. They also divert peoples’ attention from the real western plans. The West is facing the worst economic recession and problems since the Great Depression of the thirties. So far, the measures taken to come out of this economic crisis have not worked, and there is very little hope that anything short of fundamental change in the western capitalist system can help the situation. The anti-Wall Street movement, which wants fundamental changes in the capitalist system, is spreading to the other cities in America and to the other capitalist countries.
The historical experience of the West shows that when the crisis cannot be resolved by other measures, then they resort to war. The Second World War helped the West, particularly America, to come out of the Great Depression. By the same logic, a Third World War can help to resolve the present crisis. Europe was the seat of the two World Wars and certainly does not want a Third World War fought on its soil. Moreover, instead of Europe, Asia has become the leading region of the world. China is perceived as the major adversary by the West. India is the only country which can provide manpower to fight China. Islamic culture is the major opponent of the consumerist western culture and Pakistan is one of the most important Islamic countries. Pakistan has very close relations with China. For all of these reasons, South Asia becomes the most likely place for the Third World War. The West is inciting anti-China and anti-Muslim sentiments in India so that India will join the anti-China and anti-Muslim alliance of the West. This seems to be the bigger western plan.
The final question is, was Gaddafi a hero or a villain? The western media is projecting him as the biggest villain. However, the historical facts do not support their version. Gaddafi led a type of socialist revolution when he was only 27 years old and came into power. Furthermore, Gaddafi’s revolution was bloodless, as opposed to the most bloody and barbaric western-supported “revolution.” Gaddafi remained in power for 42 years. This is the longest span for any Arab leader. Those who have lived in Libya may agree that the Libyans enjoyed one of the highest standards of living in the Arab world. They also enjoyed the cheapest petrol in the world, paying only $0.14 for a gallon. The Libyans also probably enjoyed the most liberal social and unemployment benefits in the world such as completely free education and health care, and all their purchases were heavily subsidized by the state. Until people received employment for which they were qualified for, they were paid an equivalent salary by the state. It is no exaggeration to say that Gaddafi made sure that the oil money should bring prosperity to every Libyan.
How can we explain the celebrations in Libya? Just like Iraq and Afghanistan, these can be staged shows. After about ten years of the wars, not many people are celebrating in Iraq and Afghanistan. A majority of the population in both the countries does not see the westerners as liberators, but sees them as the occupiers and wants them to leave their countries.
Today’s leaders in Libya were the closest comrades of Gaddafi and sold themselves to the West for the highest prices they could get. Moreover, the tribal divisions run very deep in Libya. The celebrations are mostly seen in Benghazi with not much enthusiasm in Tripoli.
After the end of the western era, the history will be re-written and the West’s heroes may become villains and vice versa. I feel that while some questions can be raised about Gaddafi’s style of work, but overall, his actions will be judged to be anti-imperialist. Therefore, he will be considered a hero. The western leaders such as Bush and Blair may find a place in the garbage can of history. As far as the actions of the western-dominated institutions are concerned, they may be accused of blatant racial discrimination and gross double standards. These institutions issued warrants against the third world leaders for killing hundreds or thousands while taking no action against the western leaders who killed millions by atom bombs, napalm bombs, cluster bombs, and ordering massacres. The International Criminal Court may be re-named the International Court Run by Criminals. All of the present western-dominated international institutions are based upon inequality and injustice, and need to be fundamentally changed to reflect the new realities of the world.
Dr. Sawraj Singh, MD F.I.C.S. is the Chairman of the Washington State Network for Human Rights and Chairman of the Central Washington Coalition for Social Justice. He can be reached at [email protected] or 509-962-3652.
