Image via WikipediaIt takes a Hugo Chavez to dishonor the original Latin American hero Simon Bolivar. And he can do that. It's called free speech. Christian Science Monitor: Obama to Pentagon: Give me a list of options to protect Libyans: including a no-fly zone over the country ..... any US action would be undertaken in concert with US allies and partners..... watching for a “trigger” of an eventual aerial campaign by Qaddafi against a rebelling population ...... such a step would essentially require the US to launch an air war on Libya to take out the country’s air-defense systems...... the president said one reason Egyptians are so “enthusiastic" about the new direction their country is taking is that it is the result of the people’s efforts and not something imposed from outside. ..... too much international intervention in Libya could rob the Libyans of that sentiment. ...... the ICC will proceed with a formal investigation of Qaddafi and his inner circle, including some of his sons, for “crimes against humanity” that may have been committed in the violence against Libyan civilians.Gaddafi is no Bolivar, but the best option for now seems to be for Gaddafi to go to Venezuela to live in exile for the rest of his days. If Hugo Chavez likes Gaddafi, he can have him.
New York Times: Qaddafi Said to Accept Venezuelan Offer for Help: confusion emerged after Colonel Qaddafi’s own son reportedly rejected Mr. Chávez’s plan. ...... d the Arab League had also expressed interest. ..... during his army days Mr. Chávez studied Colonel Qaddafi’s “Green Book,” a collection of the Libyan leader’s thinking on an alternative to capitalism first published in the 1970s. ..... In 2009, Mr. Chávez received the Libyan leader here in Caracas, giving him a replica of the sword of Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan aristocrat who led South American independence wars in the 19th century. That gesture came five years after Libya awarded Mr. Chávez its annual Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights. ...... Venezuela, along with two leftist allies in the region, Cuba and Nicaragua, were isolating themselves by refusing to condemn recent violence carried out by Colonel Qaddafi’s forces.Gaddafi should go into exile. That is the least tumultuous path for all parties concerned.
The Guardian: Gaddafi is in dire need of help from his old comrade Hugo Chávez: Hugo Chávez has said: 'What Simón Bolívar is to the Venezuelan people, Gaddafi is to the Libyan people. ....... Muammar Gaddafi and Hugo Chávez are old comrades in the struggle against imperialism and American hegemony. But the Libyan leader has probably never before been in such dire need of solidarity and help from his Venezuelan friend. ...... revolutionary political views, a shared reputation for eccentricity, membership of the oil-producing cartel Opec, exchanges of extravagant gifts – and a near-unlimited capacity for generating controversy at home and abroad. ....... the first sign of a diplomatic exit from the impasse. ..... alongside Chávez were Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan – wanted for war crimes in Darfur. ..... They also proposed the establishment of a South Atlantic treaty organization to rival US-dominated Nato. ..... a medal called Orden del Libertador, Venezuela's highest civilian decoration. He reciprocated by giving Chávez a set of handmade silver armour. ..... Gaddafi was a colonel in 1969 when he and his fellow "free officers" seized power from the western-backed King Idris. Chávez, a former paratroop lieutenant colonel, staged a failed coup in 1992. ...... the Venezuelan received the Gaddafi International Human Rights Prize from prize-committee member Daniel Ortega, the ex-president of Nicaragua, and dedicated part of it to their common friend Yasser Arafat ...... In 2006, Libya named a new 11,000-seat soccer stadium after Chávez near Benghazi ..... speculation that Gaddafi might go into exile in Venezuela.No Fly Zone Or Surgical Strikes
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