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

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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 Comments

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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