At this point, most people in the world have been alarmed about the Libyan crisis and rebellion to overthrow its 42-years-in-running Leader, Mr. Muammar Gaddafi.
As of February 2011, many pro-democracy events in the Arab World have sparked furious and major political protests. The protests turned lethal shortly after and the death toll of the protests is rising to up to 1,000. What is feared, is that, Gaddafi has decided to eliminate as many that stood in his way while he could.
I personally, would protest against Gaddafi if I were a Libyan citizen.
Gaddafi imposed strong and almost unreasonable policies to influence the people. For instance, in 1973, on the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, Gaddafi delivered his famous "Five-Point Address" which: suspended existing laws and implemented Sharia; announced the purging of the country' "politically sick", created a "people's militia" to "protect the revolution", announced an administrative and cultural revolution.
Gaddafi runs the country, in my opinion, with a personal bias in mind. He, in his Green Book, describes black Africans as a lazy race that is liable to multiply without limit.
The fact that Gaddafi is opening fire onto his own citizens assures my doubts of him being the rightful leader of his conutry.
I think he should step down and very rightfully deserves his downfall.
Gadaffi is not a nice guy.
I agree very much, I would protest as well. In my blog I posted a post on issues that foment political unrest and stated various factors. In the case of Libya it would be authoritarianism. Gaddafi kills anyone in his way, thus you could say its "ruling with fear". The way he kills his own citizens really shows what he is. He is similar to the ousted presidents in Tunisia and Egypt, who suppressed political opposition. I believe such methods will not work for long. Sooner or later, just as with Egypt and Tunisia, the citizens will start to protest and will overthrow him. And yes, he's definitely not a nice guy.
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