Libya ranks (or did) ahead of Saudi Arabia at 55, Iran at 70, South Africa at 73, Jordan at 82, Egypt at 101, Indonesia at 108, India at 119, Afghanistan at 155.
Libyans receive free housing, free education, free health care, free electricity, substantial cash when they marry, and free overseas education if they qualify. Gas? 14 cents a liter, public transportation, free! Tripoli was second to none for modern conveniences in the world. There was NO homelessness in Libya....In fact he AND his family lived in a tent until every citizen had a home to live in!
The Great Man-Made River Project, begun in 1984 by Col. Gaddafi, has been called the 8th Wonder of the World. It supplies fresh water to the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi, Sirte and elsewhere.
Muammar Gaddafi, aka Col. Gaddafi, seized power in 1969 in a bloodless coup by overthrowing King Idris of Libya — Idris achieved power with British backing in 1949. Gaddafi was backed by the US.
On February 21, 2011, five days after the Arab Spring broke out in Libya, Qaddafi launched a new program to privatize all Libyan oil to every citizen of Libya, initially providing $21,000 to every Libyan from a total of $32,000,000,000 in the Year 2011, so that the health, education, transport, and some other ministries could be abolished and individual Libyans could use the profits of their own investments, including from oil ownership, to obtain the relevant services.....This undoubtedly 'THE LAST STRAW' and infuriated the worlds bankers!
David Gardner wrote yesterday in the Financial Times: “Libyans awake from a ludicrous nightmare, Gaddafi achieved nothing in his 42-year rule,”
Nothing could be farther from the truth! The REAL QUESTION IS: Are Libyans awakening from a “ludicrous nightmare”, or does the death of Gaddafi mark the beginning of a new era of imperial exploitation?
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