Posted on National Review Online- By Jack David-On October 20, 2011:
“Muammar Qaddafi is dead. What significance does that fact have? Several observations and questions come to mind.
First, few in Libya and virtually no one elsewhere will mourn his passing. Libya is rid of its vicious tyrannical leader and the world is rid of a terrorist and sponsor of terrorism.
Second, will the defeat and death of Qaddafi be instructive to other tyrants — say, those in Syria, Iran, or North Korea? What lessons will they take from Qaddafi’s demise? An optimist might say that one lesson for the tyrants is that oppressed people may rise up if given a chance, with lethal consequences for the oppressor. But a more likely response of the tyrants still in power would be to prevent the oppressed from ever having the chance of rising up against them. And, of course, the tyrants in Syria, Iran, and North Korea must ask themselves whether the oppressed Libyans would have had a chance of toppling Qaddafi without Western support — air cover and intelligence and aid — and whether that support would have been forthcoming had Qaddafi had WMD and the means of delivering it. More likely than not, the tyrants of the world will see Qaddafi’s defeat and elimination as more evidence that he was foolish to give up his nuclear and other WMD programs in the middle of the last decade.
Third, the defeat and death of Qaddafi cannot be viewed as a triumph of Western policy in general and U.S. policy in particular. President Obama called for Qaddafi’s ouster early in the conflict and then did nothing about it, never asking Congress for authority to use force, refusing to target Qaddafi himself, and then refusing to acknowledge that he was being targeted when NATO clearly was doing so — even insisting that the U.S. was not engaged in “hostilities” in Libya. The dallying and confusion of the Western response will be remembered just as much as the fact of Qaddafi’s demise.
Finally, Qaddafi’s death is not relevant to whether the so-called Arab Spring really is a spring in Libya. Reports that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb secured Qaddafi’s weapons for their own future terrorist efforts and related reports that they are seeking a role in Libya’s future are worrisome. Libya’s transitional authorities this month prevented exiled Libyan Jew David Gerbi from reopening Tripoli’s synagogue and then forced him to flee the country. This too is very discouraging. And the Draft Constitutional Charter of the Libyan opposition promises in Article 1 of its general provisions that “the principal legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia)” — also discouraging. It suggests that the Qaddafi dictatorship may well be followed by a new authoritarian regime that is hostile to the West, not a liberal, democratic one.
In short, while Qaddafi’s demise — without a torturous trial — is cause to be pleased, it is no evidence that we can be less vigilant about threats to U.S. and Western interests from post-“spring” Libya.”
- Jack David, a senior fellow of the Hudson Institute, served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for combating weapons of mass destruction and negotiations policy from 2004 to 2006.
Source:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/280795/qaddafis-death-no-western-triumph-jack-david
Note: The following articles and/or blog posts and videos relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:
I. Qaddafi’s Death Does Not Legitimize U.S. Intervention in Libya!-Posted on Cato @ Lberty-By Christopher Preble-On October 20, 2011:
II. Former al-Qaida Leader Emerging as Strongman in Libya!-Posted on NewsMax.com-By Martin Gould and Ashley Martella-On October 20, 2011:
III. Obama’s Blunder: Missing Libyan Surface To Air Missiles!-Posted on DickMorris.com-By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann-On September 28, 2011:
http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/obama’s-blunder-missing-libyan-surface-to-air-missiles/
IV. Video: Thousands Of Surface-To-Air Missiles Unaccounted For In Libya!-Posted on Breitbart.tv-By ABC News-On September 27, 2011:
http://www.breitbart.tv/thousands-of-surface-to-air-missiles-unaccounted-for-in-libya/
V. Largest U.S. union behind Mideast riots?-Posted on WND.com-By Aaron Klein-On August 8, 2011:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=331509
VI. The Rise of the Islamists-Posted on Foreign Affairs-By Shadi Hamid-May/June 2011:
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67696/shadi-hamid/the-rise-of-the-islamists
VII. Terrorism After the Revolutions-Posted on Foreign Affairs-By Daniel Byman-May/June 2011:
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67697/daniel-byman/terrorism-after-the-revolutions
VIII. Decoding Libya: ‘Sharia can tell us how this story ends.’-Posted on National Review Online-By ANDREW C. McCARTHY-On March 26, 2011:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/263138/decoding-libya-andrew-c-mccarthy
IX. Al Qaeda Backing Libyan Rebels?-Posted on The Patriot Update-On March 25, 2011:
http://patriotupdate.com/videos/al-qaeda-backing-libyan-rebels
X. Video: Stakelbeck on Terror: Muslim Brotherhood's Growing Influence!-Posted on CBN.com-On September 21, 2011:
XI. Video: General Boykin: Muslim Brotherhood and Uprising in Egypt!-Posted on YouTube.com-ByMStarMinistries-On February 8, 2011:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncJzR-EoHdA
Note: My following blog posts contain numerous articles and/or blog posts and videos that relate to this disturbing issue-You Decide:
Godfather of The Islamic Revolution!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/godfather-of-the-islamic-revolution/
Is President Obama in on the Uprising in Egypt?
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/is-president-obama-in-on-the-uprising-in-egypt/
Should Americans Fear Islam?
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/should-americans-fear-islam/
Muslim Brotherhood Declares War on America-Will America Notice!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/muslim-brotherhood-declares-war-on-america-will-america-notice/Note: If you have a problem viewing any of the listed blog posts please copy web site and paste it on your browser. Be aware that some of the articles and/or blog posts or videos listed within the contents of the above blog post(s) may have been removed by this administration because they may have considered them to be too controversial. Sure seems like any subject matter that may shed some negative light on this administration is being censored-What happened to free speech?-You Decide.
“Food For Thought”
God Bless the U.S.A.!
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Semper Fi!
Jake
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