Last week, Colonel Gaddafi had written a letter to President Obama, calling him his ‘son’ and asking him to stop bombing in Libya.
Well, I wonder why the letter was written to Obama and not Sarkozy, who has been playing a far more responsible role in the coalition air strikes.
In response, President Obama, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy have written this opinion piece, politely asking Colonel Gadaffi to step down.
Few say, that this opinion piece is a propaganda to answer the international world that ‘these three countries’ still have unity. While, others believe, that its high time, when these three countries should speak, in unison.
Its unfortunate, how on one hand, out of the 28 countries that are present in NATO, only UK, Canada, Denmark, Belgium and Norway have been supporting the air strikes.
And suddenly, everyone is criticising NATO. As if, its the easiest task to do. The same happened when NATO targetted a rebel tank recently, by mistake.
No one is sitting down, trying to contemplate that the NATO pilots are exhausted, there is a need of precision fighters and ground attack aircrafts.
And as usual, the blame game continues.
But unfortunately, the political debate does not end within known territories.
What seems like an obvious show of power and rule, Colonel Gadaffi took a complete tour of Tripoli, in his open top car, wearing a black outfit. It seemed as if, he was openly showing the population that he is not afraid. And, he will never be.
Gadaffi’s daughter, Ayesha al-Gadaffi has reacted, quite ferociously, against this plea.
Standing infront a crowd cheering Colonel Gadaffi, in her home compound at Bal Al-Aziziyah, Ayesha demanded the western forces to ‘leave our skies’.
She narrated how in 1911, Italy had killed her grand father.
Now, in 2011, the Western Countries want to kill her father. She spoke for the children who are being targeted, the innocent civilains who are being butchered.
Interestingly, I have never read Ayesha, speaking anything for the death of rebels or the hundreds of innocent civilians who are hospitalised in Misrata and Tripoli.
To add further challenge, the rebels are now afraid of assembling in the protests. Mainly because, there are several pro-Gadaffi supporters, in the disguise of rebels, waiting to arrest the real ones.
What happens in Libya continues to be a matter of debate, uneasy wait and yes, a lot of manslaughter, for the time being.
Credits: AP Photos
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