Libyan Rebel Commander Admits to Being Anti-American War Criminal - What Will Obama Do?
From John Rosenthal, in "Rebel Commander in Libya Fought Against U.S. in Afghanistan," March 25th, 2011 at Pajamas Media
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/rebel-commander-in-libya-fought-against-u-s-in-afghanistan/
Shortly after unrest broke out in eastern Libya in mid-February, reports emerged that an “Islamic Emirate” had been declared in the eastern Libyan town of Darnah and that, furthermore, the alleged head of that Emirate, Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, was a former detainee at the American prison camp in Guantánamo. Shortly after unrest broke out in eastern Libya in mid-February, reports emerged that an “Islamic Emirate” had been declared in the eastern Libyan town of Darnah and that, furthermore, the alleged head of that Emirate, Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, was a former detainee at the American prison camp in Guantánamo. The reports, which originated from Libyan government sources, were largely ignored or dismissed in the Western media.
Well, it's understandable that we wouldn't believe Muammar Gaddafi. But then the following damning admission came from Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi himself:
“I have never been at Guantánamo,” al-Hasadi explained to Il Sole 24 Ore. “I was captured in 2002 in Peshawar in Pakistan, while I was returning from Afghanistan where I fought against the foreign invasion. I was turned over to the Americans, detained for a few months in Islamabad, then turned over to Libya and released from prison in 2008.”
So, in the moment when Civilization stood against Barbarism in Afghanistan, Abdul-Hakim fought on the side of Barbarism. Remember -- he did this after the destruction of the Buddhas, after Al-Qaeda destroyed the World Trade Center, after the Taliban declared that it would shelter Osama bin-Laden. He is by his own mouth condemned as a terrorist and double-dyed villain, and we should not support him.
The Libyan rebellion is at a vulnerable stage: if we abandoned or scaled-back support, it is likely to fail. We could make his surrender to our justice a condition of our continued aid. At a minimum, we could abandon all interference with Libyan operations against Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, so as to allow Gaddafi to do justice upon al-Hasadi and any evil or foolish enough to follow him.
Will Obama do this? No, because it would take courage and a love of American honor to do this, and Obama has neither.
If Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi is typical of the Libyan rebels, then the interests of America and Civilization lie in a long and bloody Libyan civil war, in the hopes that as many of the evil men on both sides perish, hopefully in as protracted and painful a matter as possible. Obama will not seek justice -- he's too busy playing golf -- but the dynamics of a long and indecisive civil war may achieve justice anyway. And as for the Libyan people -- they choose to follow Evil on both sides -- so let them suffer, and suffer greatly.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/rebel-commander-in-libya-fought-against-u-s-in-afghanistan/
Shortly after unrest broke out in eastern Libya in mid-February, reports emerged that an “Islamic Emirate” had been declared in the eastern Libyan town of Darnah and that, furthermore, the alleged head of that Emirate, Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, was a former detainee at the American prison camp in Guantánamo. Shortly after unrest broke out in eastern Libya in mid-February, reports emerged that an “Islamic Emirate” had been declared in the eastern Libyan town of Darnah and that, furthermore, the alleged head of that Emirate, Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, was a former detainee at the American prison camp in Guantánamo. The reports, which originated from Libyan government sources, were largely ignored or dismissed in the Western media.
Well, it's understandable that we wouldn't believe Muammar Gaddafi. But then the following damning admission came from Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi himself:
“I have never been at Guantánamo,” al-Hasadi explained to Il Sole 24 Ore. “I was captured in 2002 in Peshawar in Pakistan, while I was returning from Afghanistan where I fought against the foreign invasion. I was turned over to the Americans, detained for a few months in Islamabad, then turned over to Libya and released from prison in 2008.”
So, in the moment when Civilization stood against Barbarism in Afghanistan, Abdul-Hakim fought on the side of Barbarism. Remember -- he did this after the destruction of the Buddhas, after Al-Qaeda destroyed the World Trade Center, after the Taliban declared that it would shelter Osama bin-Laden. He is by his own mouth condemned as a terrorist and double-dyed villain, and we should not support him.
The Libyan rebellion is at a vulnerable stage: if we abandoned or scaled-back support, it is likely to fail. We could make his surrender to our justice a condition of our continued aid. At a minimum, we could abandon all interference with Libyan operations against Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, so as to allow Gaddafi to do justice upon al-Hasadi and any evil or foolish enough to follow him.
Will Obama do this? No, because it would take courage and a love of American honor to do this, and Obama has neither.
If Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi is typical of the Libyan rebels, then the interests of America and Civilization lie in a long and bloody Libyan civil war, in the hopes that as many of the evil men on both sides perish, hopefully in as protracted and painful a matter as possible. Obama will not seek justice -- he's too busy playing golf -- but the dynamics of a long and indecisive civil war may achieve justice anyway. And as for the Libyan people -- they choose to follow Evil on both sides -- so let them suffer, and suffer greatly.