THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE: THAT'S DEMOCRACY

Personally I could care less about how Gadhafi met his end. Capture him alive to be tried in an international court, shoot the bastard on sight, or rip him into shreds – it all works for me.

Questions are now being raised about Gadhafi’s summary execution by rebel fighters which the media describes as “bloody and cruel.” The UN is calling for a full investigation and the U.S. is asking for a full accounting.

Bloody and cruel it was and undeniably, the U.S. and NATO were complicit in how Gadhafi met his end. It was American drones and NATO warplanes that attacked Gadhafi’s convoy, wounding him and causing his capture. Without U.S. and NATO participation in the war, the rebels would have been defeated. And without the drone and warplane attack on his convoy, the rebels would not have captured Gadhafi when they did. There is no getting around it, we participated in his ‘bloody and cruel’ execution!

President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have trumpeted our desire to spread democracy throughout the Arab world. And they made it quite clear that they wanted to get rid of Gadhafi, one way or the other (dead or alive). Well, the will of the people was served by the way Gadhafi met his bloody end. The will of the people? That’s democracy! I’m sure Obama and Clinton would call it mobocracy, but it’s democracy nevertheless.