During the first five years of the term of Muammar al-Gaddafi, the Libyan people went through all the forms of patience. So how can one describe a population which tolerated the rule of a lunatic such as Gaddafi for 42 years? The president is an “insane” man who takes pleasure in insulting his people and in governing them with iron and fire. He believes he is a “god” who can forgive, imprison and assassinate whomever he wants to. Most politicians know the rebellious, eccentric and ridicule character of Gaddafi, a man who can commit massacres, kill, detonate and destroy over a silly idea which is to his liking solely. Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba used to describe him as being reckless and annoying, while Anwar al-Sadat referred to him as “the crazy boy from Libya,” contrary to the way he was perceived by Gamal Abdul Nasser. Even the rank of colonel got weary of Gaddafi who has been carrying it for half a century, without ever retiring or earning another rank. He deems himself the only worldwide leader, the commander of the revolution, the dean of Arab leaders, the head of the African Union and the king of the kings of Africa. He refers to himself as being the sheikh of the tribes, the president of the Sahel-Saharan states, the commander of the International Islamic People's Command, the Imam of the Muslims and the creator of the Green Book “which inspired evolution and humanity”! Despite the Arab people's immobilization in front of their TV screens, the ongoing reports regarding the clashes, the confrontations and the marches and the increase of the number of killed and wounded from one revolution to another, jokes never stopped emerging on Facebook and Twitter and may one day clear away some of the sorrow off the faces of the injured and the bereaved. For example, “the lady or the guard standing behind Gaddafi” haunted the Libyan youth, as much as “the man standing behind Omar Suleiman” haunted the Egyptian youth. Consequently, pages were created to uncover the mystery of the identity of this lady and the nature of her work in protection. Some thus believed she was likely the one to whom he was referring when he called for the liberation of women, whether they are “male or female.” Moreover, several pages are regularly surfacing on the social networking websites, and although they differ at the level of the opinions and viewpoints, they agree over Gaddafi's personality and odd speeches, and over the necessity of having someone handle the interpretation of his speeches, while ironically and unanimously raising the slogan “The people want to treat the president.” On one of the pages, the members exchanged Gaddafi's most famous statements, such as: “O people, had it not been for electricity, we would have been watching television in the dark,” “I am not a dictator to close Facebook. But I will arrest whoever enters it,” “Protest as you wish but do not take to the streets and the squares,” “I will stay in Libya until I die or pass away” and “Obeying your parents is much more important than obeying your mother and father.” On another page, the members discussed the small van which Gaddafi rode on the rainy night, wondering: “Where did he get this Tok Tok? What does he do with it? Where does he go with it?” They then enumerated the most famous elements for which Gaddafi was famous in his speech, namely the Tok Tok, the umbrella, the rain, the man he was talking to, his call on the people to rebel and get out of their homes, his call on the youth to dance and have fun, his accusation to the Libyans of taking hallucinogenic drugs and his statement: “Move forward. The time has come to march.” The American media for its part tackled the multitude of ways the name of the Libyan leader can be written and the headache that this was causing to the writers and editors. In a humorous piece, the Christian Science Monitor mentioned a blog on the ABC website dating back to 2009, saying that this name which is written one way in Arabic has over 100 spelling variations in Latin. The paper indicated it wrote the name Gaddafi the way it was done by The Associated Press and CNN, that The New York Times wrote it differently while Reuters and BBC adopted another spelling. Al-Gaddafi is like a “devil” and his end is near, after his atrocities, crimes and use of mercenaries to kill his people were exposed, in addition to his international crimes such as the Lockerbie crime and his killing of 1,200 people in the Abu Salim prison in 1996. Since the beginning of 2011, the Arab countries have been witnessing historical youth revolutions worthy of support and respect, and not warnings, numbing, and accusations of conspiracy. The Arab revolutions were staged with the fists of the youth and exited the womb of the Arab streets. Therefore, no one has anything to do with these actions, except for the new generation that wishes to see change after the barrier of fear which deterred the fathers was broken. This generation thus announced an uprising to topple the dictatorships and the oppressive regimes after decades of frustration, absence of freedoms, oppression, poverty and patience while waiting to earn the rights from governments that assaulted their people and rejected reforms without any justification. It is certain that the Arab regimes will not help the Libyan people, as most of them are remaining silent and are maybe even afraid, despite the clarity of the images showing the massacres being perpetrated by Gaddafi's regime. Moreover, the Americans were reluctant and are now lying just like the French, the Italians and some Europeans. Gaddafi is finished, and the Libyans have grown stronger and more determined to topple his regime. Eventually, all those around him will scatter and he will be put on trial. And if he does not commit suicide like Hitler, he will be killed by the fist of the Libyan rebelling youth.
