Libya: Reversal of Decades of Progress

The revolt in Libya is a revolt against pan-Africanism, in favor of tribalism. Libya is a threat to the West because of it's pan-African dream, and now the dream to unify Africa is being destroyed....Gadaffi has sought to emancipate the African continent from centuries of exploitation by outside forces...Gadaffi sought to have all the people share in his country share in the oil wealth in the east of the nation. However, Gadaffi sought to attempt to share the wealth with the rest of Africa as well, beginning with the places that needed it the most...Last year, Gadaffi apologized for the long history of Arab slave trade of black Africans, an issue that many other rulers prefer to ignore...The European Union on the other hand refuses to apologize for what has been done. Formal apologizing is blocked by Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Of course these also happen to be the nations that share the greatest responsibility for what has happened over the centuries.....More