Who is the real hero !!??

Introduction:

Even though I do not agree, what so ever, with the equalization of the Libyan's army (of a reactionary,  authoritarian  & semi fascist regime of Ghadafi ) with the Revolutionaries of Spain in 1930's ,but nevertheless, I totally agree with the rest of this piece.The U.S.A Imperialism is (re)creating -as it had been planning- the new map of the Middle East, to it's utmost desire & interest : trying to postpone, the longest possible time,by monopolizing the energy resouces, the inevitable rise of China as the hegemonic power (of the World Capitalist System).

All I am hoping is that the World Capitalist System would fall into pieces and world revolution would take over this inhumane system of super exploitation & alienation of mankind.

Long live Anarchy : Neither Capital ,Nor God, Nor the State(Naskhad)  

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The Libyan Soldier: The True Heroes of NATO’s War

aletho | August 24, 2011 at 11:43 am | Categories: Aletho News | URL: http://wp.me/pIUmC-7Rp

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford - August 24, 2011

The story is not over – not by a long shot – but the saga of the Libyan resistance to the superpower might of the United States and its degenerate European neocolonial allies will surely occupy a very special place in history. For five months, beginning March 19, the armed forces of a small country of six million people dared to defy the most advanced weapons systems on the planet, on terrain with virtually no cover, against an enemy capable of killing whatever could be seen from the sky or electronically sensed. Night and day, the eyes of the Euro-American war machine looked down from space on the Libyan soldiers’ positions, with the aim of incinerating them. And yet, the Libyan armed forces maintained their unit integrity and personal honor, with a heroism reminiscent of the loyalist soldiers of the Spanish Republic under siege by German, Italian and homegrown fascists, in the late 1930s.

The Germans and Italians and Generalissimo Franco won that war, just as the Americans, British, French and Italians may ultimately overcome the Libyan army. But they cannot convey honor or national legitimacy to their flunkies from Benghazi, who have won nothing but a badge of servitude to foreign overseers. The so-called rebels won not a single battle, except as walk-ons to a Euro-American military production. They are little more than extras for imperial theater, a mob that traveled to battle under the protective umbrella of American full spectrum dominance of the air. They advanced along roads already littered with the charcoal-blackened bodies of far better men, who died challenging Empire.

One thing is sure: the Americans and Europeans have never respected their servants. The so-called rebels of Libya will be no different. Washington, Paris and London know perfectly well that is was their 18,000 aircraft sorties, their cruise missiles, their attack helicopters, their surveillance satellites and drones, their command and control systems, their weapons, and their money, that managed to kill or wound possibly half the Libyan army. Not the rabble from Benghazi.

The rebels should not take too seriously being fawned over by the ridiculous hordes of corporate media tourists that have come to Tripoli to record the five-month war's finale. They are highly paid cheerleaders. And, although it may appear that they are cheering for the rebels, don't be fooled – at the end of the day, the western corporate media only cheer for their own kind. They are celebrating what they believe is a victory over the Libyan demon they have helped to construct in their countrymen's minds. Next year, rebel, that demon might be you.

Or next year, it might be many Libyans, including those who were no friends of Col. Moammar Gaddafi. The Americans treat their native minions like children in need of supervision – and there is a certain logic to this, since whoever would entrust his nation's sovereignty and resources to the Americans is, surely, either exceedingly stupid, or hopelessly corrupt. But Libya's honor and her place in history has already been secured by a small African army that held out nearly half a year against the NATO barbarians.

Glen Ford can be contacted at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com.