Holding On Too Much : Day 376 : 5 Minutes Freewrite.
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We came, we saw and he died, that was the word of Hillary Clinton as her remarks to the death of Gadaffi, his death shook the whole world at how gruesome a leader can die in the hands of his countrymen. The truthful truth is, leave the stage while the ovation is loud, Gaddafi defied that, he defied the rule of starting a fire of revolution and be careful at how you fan the flame.
He was the first to do so many things in Africa, his passion was what put him into trouble, a free Africa with no interruption of the white guys; it’s already clear the white guys came only to exploit the black race and rub it on his face. Call him a corrupted country and his people a group of morons, scammers and so many names. Am scared as am typing if am not monitored, maybe I should end it here. But that will be an injustice the evil tyrant mauled to death by his own people.
Gadaffi was evil in some sense, I’ll have to admit that to him, it’s the truth, but his dream was too pronounced in the early days of his career. That tiny too much holding unto power for years unend was his undoing. He built one of the most advanced African states in modern time, and I duly give that to him. His offense was not leaving the stage while the ovation was still loud.
I wouldn’t blame him either, it’s been proven beyond doubt the intrusion of the western world into the political system of Africa, sometimes influencing the elected candidate. The bible says whatever a man sows, that he shall reap, I think America is reaping the same thing right now, and the chain can’t be broken again, the country that did that also will reap the seed they’ve sown. It was this influence of the western world and the possibility of a regime coming and wiping off from there system all he has done, this fear drove him to hold on to power for too long, and he paid dearly for it with his life.
Changing hand, let it slide
Deep end awaits the weak
Cast no fear shadow, be brave
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"He was the first to do so many things in Africa, his passion was what put him into trouble, a free Africa" - sounds like another visionary and leader, Marcus Garvey, who tried in the early 1920s to rehome the African diaspora, bringing freed slaves and their U.S. born descendants back to the homeland. Trouble was, Liberia and Sierra Leone did not welcome newcomers annexing any land - and in America, Herbert Hoover led a smear campaign against Garvey, ultimately framing him with bogus charges of mail fraud, and getting him in prison for five years, then into exile. Garvey's grandson and family petitioned Barak Obama to clear Garvey's good name, but Obama declined to do so. Did Garvey, like Gadaffi, have a big ego and inflated ideas of his importance? Probably. Was imprisoning him the only way his oppenents could stop him? Hardly.
I forgot all about Gadaffi, great story.
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