Savagery begets savagery FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 10/22/2011

Savagery begets savagery

FRONTLINE

Ninez Cacho-Olivares

10/22/2011
Libyan fighters now have a new government, yet one wonders just how just and humane the new Libya would be, considering the way the “New Libya” cold-bloodedly killed Moammar Kadhafi, when the Libyans had already caught him alive, and had even asked those who found him hidden in a drain pipe, not to shoot him, only for them to shoot Kadhafi in the head and chest, after which, they took off his clothes, dragged him across town even when he was already dead.

A civilized Libya should at least have brought Kadhafi before a court to try then judge him, and sentence him to death, if death is the sentence of the judge, just as Saddam Hussein was captured, then brought to trial and sentenced to hang.

While it is probably accurate to state that Kadhafi incurred the hatred of the Libyans — after four decades of his rule, said to be dictatorial and brutal, the new Libyan leadership should not have allowed such an assassination of Kadhafi and such savagery, despite the hatred they had for him, as they have become no better than Kadhafi.

Even as the victors freed Libya of Kadhafi and are the recognized leaders by the world, there can hardly be peace or unity in Libya, and the victors also were as brutal toward the Kadhafi loyalists as Kadhafi was to the then rebels. Libyans are still largely tribal, and certain tribes that were loyal to Kadhafi may never forget that which today’s victors have done to them and their families..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111022com2.html