"I AM LIBYA" - COL. MOUMMAR EL-GADDAFI

In a pattern reminiscent of all dictators, Libyan previously life-long leader, Colonel Moummar el-Gaddafi defiantly proclaimed that 'he is Libya and Libya is him' and that he is not going anywhere, not alive and not very soon! He promised to also visit the most hellish crackdown on his protesting country's people whom he described as rats, cockroaches and mercenaries. Icheoku says give it up to dictators, whenever they feel cornered and are on their last rung of life, they huff and puff, trying to superficially maintain an assumed relevance and reverence in a futile attempt to still appear strong and in control. Icheoku says we have heard and seen it before with the executed despot of Romania, Nikolai Ceausescu, who once proclaimed himself the spirit of the Danube River; boasting that without him the Danube would have no force to flow? And you call that sanity; yes of course, except in the jaundiced eyes of those ego-maniacal dictators strewn all over the Arab world.

They all brag and boast about their patriotism and how they will fight until the last man standing falls; creating a gory, bloody fight to finish scenario. But when the chips are down they turn tails, fleeing into exile except where they are unfortunate and extra-unlucky to be cornered by the same people who chased them out of office and are put to death - executed by hanging or through firing squads. As always, it never ends well with dictators and Icheoku would be surprised if Libyan Muammar Gaddafi's end will be any different. So far his response to the Libyan peoples revolt is to dig in; threatening thunder and brimstone and vowing to die in Libya as a martyr. Facing the greatest threat to his 41-year rule and having already lost the eastern part of his country Benghazi, Maommar Gaddafi said those protesting Libyans are "rats and mercenaries" who wanted to turn Libya into an Islamic state. Icheoku queries, when did Gaddafi become a Christian or such a secularist to now mind if Libya becomes an Islamic republic or not. It can only be a posturing to divide the already galvanized world opinion against his despotic antics. But who still listen to the ramblings of an unsound mind when despite all the evidence to the contrary, suggesting his lost of grip on power, he still pretends to be in charge of Libya.

In his own words, Gaddafi said "I am not going to leave this land. I will die here as a martyr ... I shall remain here defiant. Muammar Gaddafi is the leader of the revolution, I am not a president to step down ... This is my country. Muammar is not a president to leave his post, Muammar is leader of the revolution until the end of time. We shall cleanse Libya house by house of these protesters. From tomorrow, families collect your children, leave your homes, all of you who love Muammar Gaddafi, go out to the streets, secure the streets, don't be afraid of them. Chase them, arrest them, hand them over to the security forces. They are only a few, they are terrorists. You are millions while they are only 100. Peaceful protests is one thing, but armed rebellion is another. We have not used force yet, but if we need to use force we will use it."  From the assessment of the situation by Gaddafi it is clearly obvious how oblivious he is to the situation starring him on the face - he is urging Libyans to to go and secure the streets while his diplomats and army are deserting him in droves? He said those protesting are only 100 and you wonder if Arabs counts numerals differently? He said he not a president; which may be correct since he is the chairman of Libya with absolute executive authority. But lets hope that he commits the impending suicide as promised, but alone; in order for peace to reign in Libya. As the world awaits the eventual outcome of the ongoing peoples' rebellion in Libya, Icheoku says only time shall tell who the final victor and the vanquished shall be; but Libya and Gaddafi shall never remain the same post this revolution.