Reply #31: So sick of West's 'dismay' over #Saif being same as dad- [View All]

[Catherina]

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So sick of West's 'dismay' over #Saif being same as dad- http://tiny.cc/8gr2k -Should'a asked Libyans, we were not so naive, just no choice.
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Peter Goodspeed: The Jekyll and Hyde case of Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam
Peter Goodspeed March 4, 2011 – 6:26 pm


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Saif al-Islam in 2007 MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images Files

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For nearly a decade Saif al-Islam (Sword of Islam) Gaddafi embodied the hopes of a new future for Libya and the Middle East.

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Articulate in English, German, French and Arabic, with a PhD in political philosophy from the London School of Economics, the 38-year-old Libyan heir-apparent moved in the best of circles.

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Last October, when he gave the London School of Economics $2.3-million to study ways to enhance democracy in North Africa, Mr. Gaddafi was publicly praised “as someone who looks to democracy, civil society and deep liberal values for the core of his inspiration.”

This week, he stood on the roof of an SUV in Tripoli, brandishing a machine gun and exhorting a mob of his father’s supporters to take up arms to fight pro-democracy demonstrators who he called “bums, brats and druggies.”

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http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/04/peter-goodspeed-the-jekyll-and-hyde-case-of-gaddafi-son-saif-al-islam/