Two of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons are said to be pushing a “solution” to the ongoing civil war that would allow the long-standing dictator to step down and be replaced by Saif al-Islam al-Gadhafi.
The news came amid reports that one of Gadhafi’s overseas envoys was “testing the waters” for the idea among the Western nations currently bombing Libya, to see if the change in leadership would be enough to stop the bombs from falling.
It is being sold to the West as a “respectful solution” for the aging dictator that would lead to the gradual introduction of democratic reforms. There was no indication how soon any reforms would be introduced.
But the question is likely moot anyhow, as the rebels have already rejected the notion of handing over the country to any of Gadhafi’s sons. Officials with the rebel faction say any “solution” would have to involve the ouster of the Gadhafi family entirely, and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, who spoke with the rebel’s foreign minister, said that the Gadhafi family would have to leave Libya entirely.
Maybe Qaddafi's sons should kill him them.
And, yeah, this goes from weird to weirder. A story right out of the Bizarro World.
Talk about chutzpah!! Talk about being out of touch with the people…
I wonder, only momentarily, why Saif has asked the Europeans instead of the Libyan people? Perhaps he already knows that the Libyan rebels would prefer that the Gadhafi family cease breathing. The rebels are not interested in a "respectful solution" – just a guess.
Or maybe Saif knows where the real power is. The rebels are being proped up by foreigners. Rebels wouldn't last a week without our help. Would the Palestinians really go to the Israelis for relief from the terrorism they endure or to the US and Europe?
Amazing how the agents of the Empire speak as if the sovereign nature of a state is irrelevant to what they want..
They set out to rape an entire country,initiate the act and then dare to say to the horrified onlookers "We're not doing anything to her but enacting justice,she has what we need and we have no intention of having her determine anything about it . The League of Natio,er ah,um… the UN says its legal.
If the Arabs think that these barbarians will ever make any fair deals with them then they are seriously mistaken. Many a Native American learned about dealing with the true savage.
Any deals will be to splinter the Arab power into weaker links until each strand is gathered up one by one.
Imagine that a man's enmity towards his brother would be such that he would have someone fight his brother,even kill him and then he expects to be treated without contempt by the very person/s whom helps him to destroy or kill his brother?
I bet that Frattini wouldn't even dare to speak to or about one of the local Italian Mafia bosses like this and that would be someone whom he,to some extent,has legal and lawful power over.
The Islamists will even the scales in Libya when the Italians and the others whom have signed on for this illegal adventure are settling down and enjoying the proceeds of their ill gotten gains. They deserve everything they have coming to them.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. (But maybe he will be more obedient to the empire)?