Libya : A no lie zone

[Danny Jarman]

Mag, this video is 90% accurate, but if it truly wants to portray the origins of the Libyan Revolution, why does it fail to mention Mohamid Bouazizi and the successful revolution in Tunisia that took place the month before, right next door, and undeniably sparked the revolt in Libya? You can't take the Libyan revolution out of the overall democratic Arab revolt that continues to sweep the region, unless of course, you are promoting some sort of ideology, which this video certainly is.

It is true that some of the revolutionaries are former Al-Qaeda, the current commander of the military in Tripoli was captured by the CIA, renditioned to Libya and tortured by Gadhafi's men, but the overall commander of the military in Libya is not an Islamist but from the Zintan Brigade, from the mountains, which led the attacks on the coastal cities and liberated Tripoli. In fact, none of the appointed administration are radical Islamists, so the prediction that they will take over has not yet materialized, though it certainly might. But I doubt once the people taste freedom, especially the women, they will allow for the radical Islamic law to force them into an orthodox religious state.

It is true that only a few hundred people in Benghazi responded to the call for a Day of Rage, but that was enough to spark the revolt. The American revolution had similar numbers at the beginning, as 90% of the Americans were loyal to the crown, and only a small percentage revolutionaries. But the same things happened, the heavy, violent crackdown by state security forces swayed those on the fence and even former loyalists to join the rebels.

This is exactly what happened in Egypt, Syria and at Walls Street and UC Davis, if you follow the news and the continuing revolution.

Bill Kelly
Revolutionary Program

What do you mean by "when the people taste freedom"?

Libyans under Gadaffi were some of the most privileged people in the entire African and Arab world, infact, in the entire world. They pretty much had everything.

Also, what is your definition of a "Radical Islamist"?