What the Blind Man Saw
I’m either extremely myopic or a greater pessimist than I ever imagined. Somehow I failed to see a peaceful, democratic nation in the mob that dragged Muammar Qadhafi into the street and shot him. The man was a tyrant. He had no qualms about torturing and killing his own countrymen. He was without mercy and so deserved none.
Yet, what did the Libyan people do to demonstrate a shade of difference between them and their former leader? What I saw was a bloodthirsty, violent people without restraint. The chance that a civil nation capable of the peaceful transfer of power will ever grow out of that mayhem are slim and none.
A still more frightening prospect is the trillions of dollars our government will spend on Tripoli before they find out the Libyans have no democratic notions. The President is hailing our role in the overthrow as a foreign policy victory. Real victory will only come if we leave that murderous mob to their own devices.
Let Allah sort it out.
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