Triumph in Tripoli

As the Qaddafi regime teeters, Libyan rebels take control of the capital city, sparking celebrations across the country.

AUGUST 22, 2011

Smoke billows from a burning car as a Libyan rebel stands guard outside the women's military academy in Tripoli on Aug. 22.

FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images

 
 

JEAN KAPENDA

2:38 AM ET

August 22, 2011

The Animal Farm: Our African Short Version

Forget about George Orwell! This is my version, our short version, with our own African animals as they’ve come by tens, each with a shaking tail of different caliber and color from too dark to too light, an exotic name, and red watering eyes as if pepper had just been sprayed directly into those animalistic creatures. Animalistic because they never learned what the word “mensch” means and because they denied themselves the privilege to be called humans. Gone are those days when they walked over the red carpet and recited after each mafia-like summit: “We’re all animals who fear the human beings called Africans; we enjoy stealing humans with our band of 4,000 robbers each; we tailor our countries’ constitutions to fit our ambitions and retain our membership in the animal club of despots; we’ll hold elections but we’ll always win by all means; each of us will always have its own puppy “Basenji Kim Jong Un” or any other thief lined up for succession”. They have looted everything they could put their hands on: gold, coltan, diamonds, oil, timber, uranium, etc. Highly incompetent and mentally constipated, they have stolen and confiscated power for years and decades for the only sake of ruining the lives of millions whom they even dared deny the right to express the content of the mind. Call them terrorists and you’ll be right since they made terror and fear the core of their modus operandi. They despise work and have lived on easy income and unearned revenues: money-laundering, extortion, kick-backs, contraband, you name it! Now, all has started to crumble on Africa’s animal farm. The humans called Africans are back and their day of rage is there to stay until the continent is cleansed of every single dictator and tyrant in East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, and Northern Africa. Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya are just an “avant-goût”, a prelude of the nightmare that lies ahead for African dictators and tyrants.

 

BEN-PK

3:58 PM ET

August 22, 2011

NATO does it again...

The fate of post-Qaddafi Libya will be no different from that of Iraq. Both have many commonalities. Both are oil rich, both were ruled by autocrats to the disgust of common man. Both were attacked by Western imperialists. "Leading from behind" strategy is just a farce. It was a brazen attack on Libya. The key question is whether the rebels could achieve what they did without global intervention (read: USA and NATO’s aerial strikes against the Libyan population)? According to some analysts, NATO’s strikes were the key to success of rebels in Tripoli. This means that the rebellion was not a populist movement and was successful because Libya was facing a collective fury of the mightiest of the global powers. Read more at: http://pksecurity.blogspot.com/2011/08/nato-is-only-factor-in-libyan-rebels.html

 

ZYGOR Z

12:54 PM ET

August 23, 2011

You got it...

And did you also here about Gaddafi's two sons? The media told us they had been captured, but one of the sons appeared and was caught on video in Tripoli. Here, see for yourself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM9pijt0v1g

- Zygor

 

INDIANMUNZZANI

4:19 PM ET

August 22, 2011

Thank God

Thank goodness it is now near an end, the rebels have fought back with their bb gun shop arms. This has gone on for far too long, lets hope Gaddafi gets what he deserves.

 

PETERBEXLEY

12:41 PM ET

September 17, 2011

Interesting

Just read the article. I found it very informative and agree with posts and points made above. Peter.