Well, half a loaf of the Libyan people's money, is better than no
bread at all and it wouldn't be like Gaddafi or whichever bebbple in
the entourage accompanying him and his family into exile, to leave
Libya empty-handed. They would if they could take all the oil along
with them - it's called fluid gold, but cash itself - raw cash - can
go a long way, but not long enough to buy him back all the powers he
once enjoyed, ruling from his tent in Tripoli.
Of course some of the clowns who are turning their backs on his Human
Rights Violations instead making useless, false propaganda for him
are hopeful and prayerful and the weakly paid among them would -
practically - like to get their fingers on some of the gold and on
some of that CASH – " cash is king" but Gaddafi - if he is still
alive - is surely going to be circumspect and a little more tight-
fisted than before because although the dynasty has said what is
easier said than done " we will fight to the last man" some of them
are already on the run and are going to be living in exile for a
long time – preferably somewhere from which they will not be easily
extradited to face the ICC charge sheet of Crimes Against Humanity,
once they have no more money to give away and once they have taken
from them all that they can take. The verdict after Gaddafi's trial
if it ever takes place, is a foregone conclusion (guilty as hell)
but even more painful would be the drama of humiliation in having to
stand in the dock like Saddam Hussein, to argue for his life, his
alleged innocence and his lost cause.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/28/content_3848449.htm
The Libyan Justice system is in a hurry to deal Justice but not to
extend to him the courtesy of an extended life in prison, the kind
of courtesy and consideration that he did not extend to the
thousands that were killed peremptorily and without any merciful
words from Mr. Gaddafi.
Even more worrying is the news that a few thousand Russian-made
surface-to-air missiles are missing are missing from from Gaddafi's
ammunitions warehouse in Libya :
What we do not want to see is some cross-border raids from either
Niger or Algeria....poor Niger and battle weary Algeria have more
than enough problems already.....
Even more worrying that already, ( most worrying ) is the news that
some of the weapons that Libya is now awash with, have already arrived
in the hands of Palestinian Jihadists, or al-Qaeda or even people
masquerading as Boko Haram
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