Richard Lefew wrote in #14

Gadaffi's Libya was not a dictatorship, nor were the people living under Tyrannical oppression.  Quite the contrary.  Gadaffi produced great reforms, and incredible...truly extraordinary improvements in the standard of living of the Libyan people.
Women probably gained the most in the Gadaffi era, and stand to lose the most under the new arrangement...

His liberalism was a threat to Islamic fundamentalist regimes in the region, which are true dictatorships, such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, and the rest.

this is why Libya enjoyed position number 53 on the UN Human development index, why Gaddhafi took the country from 10% to almost 90% literacy, built the Great Man Made River (which NATO have destroyed - a WAR CRIME) and why Libyans enjoyed free healthcare and education.

the Jamahiriya was also instrumental in helping other African countries, without burdening them with debt. Libya provided $300 million of the $400 million needed for Africa to raise its first communications satellite.

Muammar Gaddhafi was a man of great insight, and his people are going to miss him.

I studied the Libyan Jamahiriya in University in great detail, and from my investigation, I saw very little in the way of human rights abuses.  What I did see was a gross mischaracterization of the Green Revolution, Muammar Gadaffi, and Libyan society in general by the western media.
Gadaffi and his government were under constant attack by LIFG, and other Islamic terrorist groups during the duration of the Gadaffi era.  The Libyan government responded to these threats in a reasonable manner, consistent with maintaining law and order and the security of the state, which is part of the social contract with the people.
Gadaffi's Libya was not a dictatorship, nor were the people living under Tyrannical oppression.  Quite the contrary.  Gadaffi produced great reforms, and incredible...truly extraordinary improvements in the standard of living of the Libyan people.
Women probably gained the most in the Gadaffi era, and stand to lose the most under the new arrangement.
The misinformation campaign against the Green Revolution has been persistent, and highly effective. 99% of American's truly believe that Gadaffi was a violent, bloodthirsty tyrant.  In reality he behaved quite well, and Libyan's enjoyed a broad spectrum of civil rights unavailable to most other people in the middle east.
His liberalism was a threat to Islamic fundamentalist regimes in the region, which are true dictatorships, such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, and the rest.