Prayers for Libya
The massive pro-democracy uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East have gained tremendous momentum since the successful ouster of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak two weeks ago. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Libya this week, as their calls for the end of Moammar Gaddafi’s 42-year reign have been met with brutal repression. Gaddafi’s forces (including mercenary soldiers) have killed an estimated 640 to 1,000 protesters so far in just one week. The world is watching as the people of Libya sacrifice their lives for freedom and self-determination. May Waheguru bless them in their righteous struggle against tyranny.
Check out the below report from ABC News, but note that the message at the end about US-Libya relations is highly misleading. Though the US government has a complicated history with Gaddafi, he has been a strategic ally of the US in the region for over a decade. Until Obama’s statement on Libya just yesterday (after almost a week of brutal repression), the US has turned a blind eye to any human rights concerns in Libya. While his statement strongly condemned Gaddafi’s use of violence against the protesters, Obama stopped short of calling on Gaddafi to step down.
12 Responses to “Prayers for Libya”
What will they do with there freedom ?
Nothing will change .
A new dictator will take his place and the story will repeat it self again after 30 years
These are nations of
"CYCLICAL REVOLUTIONS"
I am living with the chardi kala spirit and believe change is very much possible, and the people on the streets of Libya and elsewhere facing bullets, tear gas, detention, and death — they are making it happen. They are not cooperating with authoritarianism any more. When Sikhs were being threatened as a people (at various points throughout our history) and there was a price on a Sikh's head, the panth's spirit of chardi kala got us through it.
When the Muslim world unites .
We will see the begining of Jihad as the 111 World war.
Where Nukes will be freely exchaged by Tom ,Khan ,Dick and Ali.
Meterors wiped out Dinosauraus they say
I say Religious fanatism will wipe out mankind.
We are all doomed
how ever remain
"CHADI KALA"
One must not underestimate the power of religion to shape a nation
Let us take eg of a next door neighbour Paksitan ( a Islamic country )
Pakistan : Dictators’ Heaven
1)Ayub Khan
2)Yahya Khan
3)Ziaul Haq
4)Musharraf
all have similar traits. They come with thudding sounds and promise stars and moon, and then they experiment with the system, and at the end when chaos starts getting out of hand and considerable damage done to the country, they submit themselves wholly to the external powers for their survival.
http://www.pakspectator.com/pakistan-dictators-heaven/
Harinder,
Do you ever make sense? Pakistan is a next door neighbor of Libya? Because that is the conversation. Plus Brooklynwala is advocating for democracy, so why are you bringing up promises made by military dictators after military coups. We have know reason to believe yet that is what occurred. Your essentialist rhetoric is banal at best.
If it is about democracy .
My Good luck to them
If it is about starting a jihad it is my thumbs down to them.
Wow, I'm surprised that the liberal nut Brooklynwala actually criticises Obama. Seems like all the fools shouting about change over two years ago are very disappointed.
As for Libya, as with all Arab and Muslim states it will end in tears. Islam and democracy do not go together, rather than a mad secular dictator like Gaddafi they will end up in an Islamic sharia hell hole like Saudi Arabia or Taliban ruled Afghanistan.
1. Personal attacks are not helpful and undermine productive dialogue and debate.
2. I have criticized Obama many times in my writing including here http://thelangarhall.com/news/arabsovereigntysikh… here http://thelangarhall.com/news/obamadarbarsahib/, and here http://thelangarhall.com/human-rights/housevotepa…. So frankly, I'm not sure why you're surprised. I am indeed disappointed in his administration, but not all that surprised. His agenda is still one rooted in US imperialism. Not change I can believe in, no.
3. I am not a proponent of any religion-based nation-state, and hope that these revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa do not get co-opted by religious fundamentalists (as happened in the Iranian revolution against the US-backed Shah). What's clear is that these massive uprisings now are not led by Muslim fundamentalist movements, and what the citizens of Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria want is a real voice — a real democracy. And as I've argued before, I believe we as Sikhs, and particularly for those of us in the US whose tax dollars are supporting these autocratic regimes, should support these democracy movements in whatever way we can. Real democracy and self-determination in the Middle East is a HUGE threat to U.S. empire-building. And so it will be interesting to see how the Obama administration continues to interact with these revolutions.
Few things are odd in your remarks
1) If one sit in the comfort and security of empire and earns a living of it. It would make one would a a namak halal of empire .
2) As for revolutions there is nothing interesing about it .Lot of innocent are loosing lives with no clear goals of after revolution.
3) As for the revolution if it suceeds it will only mean they will have ownership of oil well but the technology to take it out and process will be still be with the empire. It may at he best improve there bargaining position to get more % age of oil profits.
OIL AND BLOOD ARE INTERWINED
Oil and War facts :–
1) Iraq :
Oil Reserve :–350 billion barrels
War deaths :– Iran -Iraq war ( 3 lakh) ,Gulf war -1 (35,000) Gulf war -11 (2 lakh)
2) Sudan :–
Oil Reserve :–6.6 billion barrels
War deaths :– Sudan war -1 (5 lakh ) . Sudan war – 11 ( 20 lakh)
3) Iran :
Oil Reserve :–150 billion barrels
War deaths :– Iran -Iraq war (10 lakh)
4) Libya :
Oil Reserve :–45 billion barrels
Fifth American-Libyan War in offing
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