QADDAFI DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE

Libya is a towering inferno since one month. Majority of Libyan citizens dared to take on the dictatorial regime of Col Muammar Qaddafi braving all challenges from the brutal regime. Their never-say-die attitude enabled them face all kinds of hurdles that came their way. Yes, sometimes they suffered serious setbacks since compared to Qaddafi’s forces and their weapons ability the citizens obsolete weapons were no match which helped Qaddafi to forge ahead barraging the rebel forces. Not being cowed down, they battled with all their might suffering heavy casualties which the world witnessed with shock and rage. Almost all nations appealed to Qaddafi to stop his bloody game, the mayhem his militia committed, mind you, they were given a blank cheque to slaughter the citizens but he was not willing to listen to the voices of peace-lovers. Powerful nations of the world, barring one or two insisted him to stop forthwith his ruthless game of massacring hundreds of rebel fighters. The megalomaniac that he is cared two hoots for their timely advices as he was convinced that ‘I am Libya’. Even United Nations Secretary General Ban-ki-Moon appealed and demanded him to stop the massacre the, still Qaddafi remained adamant and went on with his killing spree.
The war clouds loomed large over Libya as the NATO forces were getting ready to intervene in Libya but Qaddafi not taken aback stuck to the game.
Col Qaddafi could have listened to wiser counsels and taking into account the repercussions in the event of US led NATO forces were to intervene in his country, his king-size ego, pushed him forward ignoring all eventualities.
In fact he was challenging these nations to get ready for a war against his nation. The myopic coward that he is, has at last invited the disaster that at present we are witnessing.
United Nations resolution to granting sanction to NATO forces to land in Libya enabled US, Britain, France, Canada and Italy join hands and their forces pounded Libyan capital Tripoli and Benghazi next biggest city and enforced a no fly-zone. The coward got caged in his palace with a strong militia acting as human-shields and ‘safely’ entrenched there the man is talking at the top of his voice ‘we are determined to take the fight to Europe’.
True. Intervention in a sovereign country is wrong and against all international conventions. But during exceptional cases such as we have seen intervention in Libya is believed to be a correct step. While a genocide is being committed taking into account the sovereignty remaining mute spectators is something unpardonable.
CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist) yesterday vehemently attacked the US led NATO forces pounding Libya and it has listed out a few reasons for taking exception to the steps taken by US, France, Britain, Canada, Italy, such as those countries under the pretext of rescuing protestors are actually eyeing the oil of Libya. Blindly believing such accusations are quite absurd and meaningless as ever since Libya landed in turmoil with protestors on one side and Qaddafi’s forces on the other side and Qaddafi’s forces started barraging the rebel protestors, UN Security Council including US, Britain, France, Italy and Canada among other countries tried to prevail upon Qaddafi to backtrack and come to terms with the rebels so as to avoid massive loss of lives where was the dictator then? Even defying United Nations resolutions – was it a correct step on his part? As a writer once put a confidence resistance would force a thug run away from the scene. It is the same with Qaddafi.
India’s concern over NATO forces intervening in Libya is understandable. We need not read too much into it and India abstaining from voting in Paris Summit must have something more than that meets the eye.
When majority of helpless citizens are being cold-bloodedly massacred, by any leader be it Muammar Qaddafi, Sudanese ruler Omar-Hasan-Al-Bashir and for that matter any such wicked thug as a person who watched all these from a corner of a country, militarily intervening is justifiable. Human life is precious and it should not be at any cost be allowed to be tossed up and down like football.