On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 03:13:17AM -0500, Ric wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLflLdIJeMw
Wow! Ric
Beginning of transcript: Qaddafi/ Gaddafi: “Now you people in NATO listen to me - you are bombing the wall that stopped African migration into Europe... This wall stopped the terrorists from Al-Qaeda; This wall was Libya. You are destroying it, you fools... For the many thousands of migrants from Africa, for your support of Al-Qaeda, you will burn in hell, this is how it will be. ” Until 1968, Libya was a monarchy. 70% of the population lived below the poverty line. Many were illiterate and lived in simple nomadic tents. It was a typical, underdeveloped African country. Gaddafi provided Libyans with the kind of life that made the rest of the dark continent envious. Out of a desert, arose the "8th wonder of the world" - the Great Man-Made River [world's largest irrigation project]. He was able to create a system of irrigation throughout the desert, through an underground pipe network. Factories and enterprises began working throughout Libya, none of which were there before. Not having payed a single Dinar, Libyans moved from tents into apartment blocks. "Rent" did not exist. Everything - including utilities and power was covered by the government. "If we were to compare the way cities, such as Tripoli, looked before he came to power and after ... You would see that it went from an ugly village, to a city with highrises, 30 years later." So you want to get married? The government would give newlywed couples $64,000 USD towards buying a home. $7,000 USD toward each child born. You want a car? The government will cover 50% of the cost. Petrol in Libya used to be cheaper than water - 3 cents per litre. "Minimum wages were in the thousands of dollars, education abroad was payed for by the state, and cases where medical surgeries needed to be carried out outside of Libya, the state covered that too." "But to bring lasting peace to Libya would be impossible - this land will forever be torn apart by the leaders of these various tribes." "They can't and don't want to be ruled by a single person." That's what the leaders of the superpowers said in the 1970s. Colonel Gaddafi surprised everyone. He unified 140 tribes into one country. Each of these tribes had their own leader - the options for Gaddafi was either "scare them to death" or to buy them. Gaddafi preferred the latter. He promised them a heavenly existence, and he delivered on his words. Gaddafi: “We have oil - this is what will unite us. Oil is the reason that Libya stayed as one country.” Gaddafi nationalised the oil producing industry. He promised that the huge profits would be fairly distributed across the entire country. All Libyans began to receive their share of the Libyan oil trade. "When the people can see that a certain leader is raising the standard of living, of course he will have a lot of supprot." ...