Re: The king’s (totally crazy) speech: selections from Gadhafi’s address

[Guest guest]

My government professor showed a short clip from CNN running his

speech. He said that the incoherence was not a result of the

translation, and that this is par the course for Gadhafi. Gadhafi

also said that the strike aircraft were American, and were dropping

bombs to try to find his house...

Also this morning, I commented to a friend a few minutes before

class that if this (Gadhafi, though I thought it was a spokesman

until he was identified) was your spokesman, then you probably have

some pretty big problems.

While some have stated that perhaps the events in Tunisia, Egypt,

and Libya are related, it seems to easily fit emergent copycat

behavior (I prefer the term Stand Alone Complex, but that has

critical criteria that has not been met)

 

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The king's (totally crazy) speech: selections from

Gadhafi's address

`Moammar Gadhafi is not a normal person that you can

poison or lead a revolution against'

by Derry on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:39pm - 0

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On Tuesday, Moammar Gadhafi addressed Libyans on state

television while his security forces waged a pitched and

violent battle against anti-government protesters on the

streets of Tripoli and Benghazi. Gadhafi, always up for a

good ramble, didn't disappoint. His remarks—all 73 minutes

of them—were typically incoherent and contradictory. If

the reality on the ground weren't so serious—hundreds

killed; complete civil collapse—they might even be funny.

ON GRATITUDE:

"Those who want glory should remember the evacuation of

the Americans, and the Great [Manmade] River, and the

return of oil in Libya, and the nationalization of

companies. Now 90 per cent of these companies you own, and

only 10 per cent are owned by foreign [agents]."

ON HOW HE WILL NOT USE FORCE—UNLESS HE USES FORCE, WHICH

WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION HE INVENTED:

"We will not use force again. The force is on the side of

the Libyan people. If matters require the use of force, we

will use force according to international law and

according to Libyan laws and [the] constitution."

ON WHO'S IN CHARGE:

"If I had the position, if I were the president, I would

have resigned. I would have thrown my resignation in your

face. But I have no position, no post. I have nothing to

resign from. I have my gun, my rifle to fight for Libya."

"Moammar Gadhafi is not the president, he is the leader of

the revolution."

"I am a fighter, a revolutionary from tents…I will die as

a martyr at the end."

ON SOBRIETY AS VIRTUE:

"A small group of young people who have taken drugs have

attacked police stations like mice… They have taken

advantage of this peace and stability. However it is not

their fault, these young people; they tried to imitate

what happened in Tunisia … However there is a small group

of sick people that has infiltrated cities that are

circulating drugs and money."

ON KEEPING A COOL HEAD:

"Leave your homes and attack them in their lairs. They are

taking your children and getting them drunk and sending

them to death. For what? To destroy Libya, burn Libya."

"I have not yet ordered the use of force, not yet ordered

one bullet to be fired…when I do, everything will burn."

ON WHAT'S AT STAKE:

"Do you want America to occupy you, like Afghanistan and

Iraq?"

ON THE APPARENT HEALTH BENEFITS OF EMPLOYING A VOLUPTUOUS

UKRAINIAN NURSE:

"Moammar Gadhafi is not a normal person that you can

poison.. or lead a revolution against"

ON HOW PROTESTS ARE PASSÉ:

"They are just imitating Egypt and Tunisia."

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