{"id":274977,"date":"2016-10-24T11:58:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T10:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=274977"},"modified":"2016-10-24T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T10:59:03","slug":"obama-hillary-wanted-libyas-gaddafi-toppled-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/obama-hillary-wanted-libyas-gaddafi-toppled-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Obama and Hillary Wanted Libya’s Gaddafi Toppled and Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

(RINF<\/a>) – October 20 marked the fifth anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s sodomized-related death – US imperial viciousness responsible for his murder and destruction Africa\u2019s most developed, socially responsible nation.<\/p>\n

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Endless violence and chaos replaced a society safe and fit to live in. Gaddafi provided Libyans with important benefits\u00a0 Americans can\u2019t imagine. More on this below.<\/p>\n

Hillary orchestrated war to eliminate him, wanting US-controlled puppet governance replacing Libyan sovereign independence.<\/p>\n

In early 2011, made-in-the-USA protests preceded US-led NATO terror-bombing, indiscriminately massacring civilians, creating charnel house conditions.<\/p>\n

Endless violence continues daily, exacerbated by ISIS fighters infesting parts of the country, Washington supporting them with funding, weapons and other material aid.<\/p>\n

Obama and Hillary wanted Gaddafi eliminated for instituting policies all nations should embrace. Previous articles discussed them.<\/p>\n

He supported pan-Africanism, a United States of Africa free from imperial domination. He wanted Libyans sharing in the country\u2019s oil wealth, a notion foreign to America and other Western powers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under his 1999 Decision No. 111, all Libyans got free healthcare, education, electricity, water, training, rehabilitation, housing assistance, disability and old-age benefits, interest-free state loans, as well as generous subsidies to study abroad, buy a new car, help couples when they marry, practically free gasoline, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Literacy under Gaddafi rose from 20 – 80%. Libya’s hospitals and private clinics were some of the region’s best. Now they’re in shambles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vital public services he provided no longer exist. Pre-war, Libyans had African\u2019s highest standard of living. Homelessness was nonexistent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gaddafi believed all Libyans had a right to a home or rent-free apartment, notions unheard of in the West.<\/span><\/p>\n

He rejected farcical Western-style money-controlled democracy (sic), deplored crony capitalism and neoliberal harshness.<\/span><\/p>\n

During his tenure, women had the right to vote, participate politically, as well as own and sell property independently of their husbands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clause 5 of Libya\u2019s 1969 Constitution granted them equal status with men, notably for education and employment.<\/span><\/p>\n

In January 2011, weeks before US-led NATO naked aggression began, the UN Human Rights Council praised Gaddafi for instituting and supporting important political, economic, education, social and cultural rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

He called his Great Man-Made River (GMMR) development of an ocean-sized aquifer beneath Libya\u2019s sands the \u201cEighth Wonder of the World\u201d – wanting all Libyans sharing in its benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington and rogue Western partners wanted it privatized for exclusive corporate gain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under Gaddafi, the Central Bank of Libya was state-owned, the interest-free Libyan dinar used for productive economic growth, not speculation, profits and bonuses for predatory bankers.<\/span><\/p>\n

He funded Africa\u2019s only communications satellite, saving hundreds of millions of dollars for low-cost incoming and outgoing calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

He provided two-thirds of the $42 billion needed to launch a public African Central Bank, Monetary Fund and Investment Bank.<\/span><\/p>\n

He supported a new gold standard, replacing dollars with gold dinars, aiming to provide real monetary wealth and value, free from predatory Western lending agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington wants dollar hegemony, maintaining it as the world\u2019s reserve currency, an agenda challenged by Russia, China and other nations, increasingly trading bilaterally in their own currencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1977, Gaddafi transformed the Libyan Republic into the Socialist People\u2019s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya – a \u201cstate of the masses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1979, he established direct participatory democracy, devolving power to tribal leaders. In 1986, Libya became the Great Socialist People\u2019s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gaddafi was no dictator. He was a visionary, a revolutionary leader, wanting Libyan society based on equity, justice and fair distribution of national wealth.<\/span><\/p>\n

In many respects, he resembled Venezuela\u2019s Hugo Chavez – in 2013 poisoned or infected with lethal cancer causing substances to eliminate him, Obama\u2019s dirty hands involved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Four cancer surgeries in 18 months couldn\u2019t save him. Current Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro risks being targeted the same way. Washington wants puppet governance replacing Bolivarian fairness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gaddafi and Chavez enjoyed strong popular support. Both were marked men. Washington wanted them eliminated, their progressive anti-Western policies replaced by predatory capitalist rapaciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin is threatened. Neocons infesting Washington want regime change. His redoubtable leadership prevents it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will nuclear war on Russia follow Hillary\u2019s ascension to power next year? Will the unthinkable become reality?<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(RINF) – October 20 marked the fifth anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s sodomized-related death – US imperial viciousness responsible for his murder and destruction Africa\u2019s most developed, socially responsible nation. Endless violence and chaos replaced a society safe and fit to live in. Gaddafi provided Libyans with important benefits\u00a0 Americans can\u2019t imagine. More on this below. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1217,"featured_media":275039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editorials","8":"category-politics","9":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}