THE FALL OF MUAMMAR Qaddafi: THE LAST EMPEROR OF MACHIAVELLIAN POLITICS.

Once again I’m compelled to write about Colonel GadHaffi, I remember I wrote a brief introduction of him in my African series, titled “Is there really a silver lining ahead of us”. There I described the rise of the Colonel along with his powerful cabal.

For emphasis sake I’ll recall some issues in that article, Colonel Ghadaffi took over power via a military coup, where King Idris was deposed for alleged corruption a vice known as a virtue by most African leaders and totally characterized the Colonel’s rule. His people got tired of such rule, because he was committing the same sin he fought against 4 decades earlier, they sought a change, mainly fueled by the success of the protest in Egypt and Tunisia, however if they knew the massive cost in terms of man and machine would they have venture? I can’t tell  for sure, but I know of a certain they were never going to rest until either the Colonel left office and faced charges or all the rebel movement are totally annihilated.

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Middle East on the Brink of a Fully-fledged War? Not Really

Just a couple of days ago, Israeli Major-General Eyal Eisenberg warned that one could expect a winter of radical Islam soon after the Arab Spring, referring to the revolutions that have swept across the middle east. Israel has reason to be worried, as unrest in neighboring countries could mean an increase in fundamentalism across the region. Israel's relationship with its Middle Eastern allies like Egypt and Turkey has particularly soured in the recent days.

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Egypt: A Post-Revolution Critique

Hey, remember the Egyptian Revolution? The one that brought Mubarak down from his 30 year reign? It's funny how the lack of media coverage, post-revolution, creates an illusory sense of a revolution ever taking place. In other words, the lack of follow-up news of what is happening belittles the gravity of the situation that is happening.

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HOSNI MUBARAK’S FALL: A REMINDER TO ALL SIT-TIGHT AFRICAN LEADERS

The essence of this article is to draw the line between service and overstay, you see sometimes the things we most cherish and treasure more often than not turns out to be our downfall, take Absalom for example he wanted to be king at all cost and lost his life in the process. To say Mr. Mubarak’s fall was a cataclysmic event, would be against the ‘Law of Gravity’, because what happened to him started a long time ago but I bet you he wasn’t aware of it, or was aware and disregarded it as a facade, as every elastic substance has its break point so also is dictatorship and autocracy.

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