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The Muslim Leaders That U.S. Killed
By siliconindia
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Friday, 21 October 2011, 23:10 IST |
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Bangalore: Muammar Gaddafi's death is celebrated as the success of a new U.S. foreign policy, on which the Obama administration backed the NATO action, demanded Gaddafi to go and finally he is gone forever. It was a policy of lead from behind, a policy makeover which is sometimes seen as an uncomfortable mix of realism and idealism.
It was in 2008 Gaddafi made a prophetic warning about the possible invasion or indirect involvement of America in the politics of the Middle East. At a speech in the Arab League summit in Damascus, he said, "A foreign power occupies an Arab country and hangs its leader while we all stand watching and laughing. Your turn is coming soon," a warning the audience including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who doesn't dare to laugh now as his turn is foreseen in the ongoing popular uprising.
Except his short stay with the Americans during President George W Bush's war on terror, most in U.S. see him as a villain whom they often associate with the Lockerbie bombing. Realizing the need to take a backseat to prove that the country is not imposing its will using physical force over the Arab, the United States would be more than happy that Muammar Gaddafi has gone, but they would be more delighted by the fact that the world would celebrate this as a victory for the Libyan people.
As a matter of fact, the American policy must have taken a revamp at the realization of the fact that the country cannot afford to do everything, everywhere, and that the policy should shrink to do only what matters most. Going by the same line, Obama had stated that no American troops would be there on the ground and the French and British did the major job. The European powers were leading the movement as it meant a lot for them, the U.S. decided stay at the shadow for Libya was not a vital national interest the world police.
