O Libya: Qadhafi’s Son says It’s Time for Democracy, Misses the Irony……..
“Gadhafi Jr. Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, said it is time for liberalism and democracy to take the place of "military regimes." "The future is for managers -- people will elect managers and not have kings or great leaders. People should be free to elect their own leaders. The future is for democracy. There is no other way for Libya," Gadhafi, an architect and potential successor to his father, told The Sunday Times of London last week in Rome. "I would like to make Libya the Vienna of North Africa," the reformist Gadhafi told the newspaper. The 38-year-old said luxury hotels are currently under construction and strict visa restrictions on Westerners will soon be lifted to promote tourism in the country his father has ruled with an iron fist for more than 40 years……”
Okay this kid doesn’t know that democracy is never, ever, given. Not by a dictator or his son or by monarch. It is a right that can be taken away by a despot, but it is not given. Young Qadhafi does not see the irony that only he, the son of the dictator, dare talk about democracy. It is an unfortunate common Arab affliction.
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