Exceptionally Bright Children

We were so pleased to learn that it is not only in Africa where politicians have exceptionally bright children.

Over the past few months we were rewarded by the election of Omar Bongo’s son to succeed his father. And we admired how strongly Colonel el-Gaddafi protects his son Hannibal, arrested by the Swiss authorities (and released very fast). And we learned that the two sons of Tunisian President Ben Ali lead a gang of people stealing luxury yachts in the Mediterranean Sea (thieves like the father ?).

Yesterday we learned that also Mr. Bossi, right wing Italian politician of the Lega Nord known for his slogan “Roma ladrona” (Rome is only robbery) had a brilliant son, Renzo. He was already famous for failing three times his high school diploma (he eventually got it in 2009 at age 21). Now we learn that he will assist a European MP, of the Lega Nord, and that he also became a member of the “observatory” for the Universal Exhibition to be held in Milan in 2015, all this for the low compensation of 12,000€ per month.

But we also learned that Mr. Jean Sarkozy, the 23 year old son of the more famous French President, who just enrolled in the third year of college, will become the CEO of the EPAD, a public entity responsible for the management of La Defense, a prime commercial and residential area of Paris with an annual budget of 1 billion € (1.5 billion $).

Brilliant fathers, brilliant sons. Two new dynasties are born.

Pictures: 7sur7.be ;nuovosoldo.wordpress.com

The only world leader

If you think at political success on the international scene as an indicator of power, then there is only one “leader” who seems to be consistently obtaining results: Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Under GW2, he was re-established as a dignified leader people could talk to (and do business openly instead than under cover as they all did, including US firms).

Sarkozy sent his former wife (current wife at that time) to get the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses who were being detained as hostages and for a cover-up of the poor conditions of the health system in Libya.

The UK released the only person condemned for Lockerbie and the latter was received as an hero.

During his entire recent official visit to Italy, he exhibited on his vest a picture of the arrest by Italian troops in 1931 of the first Libyan hero, the guerrilla leader Omar al Mukhtar, but this provocation was found acceptable by Berlusconi who had recently signed a friendship agreement with the Colonel.
And, last but not least, just last week the Swiss apologized for the arrest last year in Geneva of Hannibal Gaddafi and his wife for mistreating (in fact holding like slaves) their house employees from Morocco. A well justified arrest but unless the Swiss apologized, two poor Swiss Nationals kept innocent hostages in Libya since one year would not have been released.

How many world leaders can show so much success ? how low is the morale level of Western democracies (let us forget Berlusconi’s Italy of course where there is no morale as a matter of principle) just for a few barrels of oil ? Gaddafi is an assassin (Lockerbie and the DC10 over the Sahara among others), hostage taker, heading a bunch of crooks (Hannibal, his sister, his other brother, all well known by the European police authorities for their excesses and arrogance) but world leaders bow in front of him.

Let us stop pretending that Human Rights are a priority, and feel ashamed.

Photo: (Alessandro di Meo/EPA)

CROOKS

Colonel Gaddafi was clearly responsible for the bombing of a civilian plane, possibly two. He paid some money without admitting his guilt and all the Oil thirsty countries decided that he was again a good guy. With hundreds of innocent civilian lives lost because of him. Americans closed their eyes, oil is too important. Sarkozy received him as a guest of honor. Berlusconi kissed him and declared that he was a democrat. Are these the countries claiming observance of human rights ?

Colonel Gaddafi retained as hostages innocent nurses and doctors just to hide the Libyan responsibilities in disease spreading, AIDS in particular. Sarkozy sent his former wife who managed to get them freed after years on unjust imprisonment. It is not known what he paid…

Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Hannibal (!) was treating two house employees as slaves to the point that Swiss workers denounced him and his wife and hid the hose workers. Instead of being ashamed, Libya arrested two Swiss nationals, organized demonstrations against Switzerland in Libya and Hannibal sister issued threats. Every day hundreds of poor Africans and Arabs die in the Mediterranean sea due to Libyan illegal immigrants traders. Everybody knows that they come from Libya, Libya does not respect the agreements with Europe in this respect but nobody does anything. Gaddafi’s hands are full of the blood of these poor people. This is Libya, this is Gaddafi, this is a crook people honor because of his oil.

And now Berlusconi travels to Libya to pay the war damages…..:5 billion dollars when there is no money in Italy for the police and for the schools. Italy will pay the damages of fascist war while in Sicily they honor generals of the same war ( see next article). And tomorrow we will hear Berlusconi claim that Gaddafi is a great man, as he did of Putin two years ago. “Dio li fa e poi li accoppia”, God makes them and puts them together. Berlusconi, Gaddafi, Putin….Who’s next ?

photo: repubblica.it 30 Sept 08