All of you please stop & think

By: Libyan brother in exile

I read most of the so called Libyan opposition literature since its beginning in the eighties. Now we are in the middle of the year 2008 and one looks back and wonder how long is this going to go? Gaddafi & Co are almost reaching 40 years in power. Many prominent figures on both sides died. Many are aged and only God knows how long they can hold on.

I ask all of you in the opposition side; shouldn’t you stop for a minute and ask “what is the effect of our verbal fight (struggle)? How much did we achieve?”
How much damage we have caused Gaddafi & CO? And most importantly; “Did we improve our Libyan people’s life inside the country?”

I say this because I see like many other Libyans inside or outside the country that Gaddafi & CO are still in complete control of our beloved country and even getting stronger. We see that the entire opposition verbal struggle didn’t make a tiny dent in the fortress of Gaddafi & CO.

Here I sincerely ask all of you to stop and start asking yourselves the above questions, then get into a forum and ask each other the above questions again. Listen to each other patiently and willingly, then compare the different answers with the ones you had individually.

The average Libyan person is wondering why that the opposition outside the country hasn’t managed to convince the free world to understand and sympathize with the Libyan people’s suffering after almost 40 years now. With all the huge amount of documented evidence they have.

Is there something that the oppositions are doing wrong? How can the opposition be more effective to convince the free world countries to stand by us?

Even Gaddafi has the audacity to describe the opposition as falling like autumn leaves; referring to those few people who reconciled with his regime after so many years of opposition.

There is a new kind of talk going around inside the country. Libyan people who were standing in the middle taking the negative stand of resistance; are planning to join Gaddafi & CO system before they are left out. They say this because they see no change or a result of the opposition work.

Recently the opposition sites are used as a pass time activity like looking in a gossip page of a magazine or paper; nothing more. Then a chat about them over a cup of coffee with trusted friends. Elderly people advising younger ones to stay away from trouble and not to listen to those outside the country people talk; they continue to say why don’t the opposition come and take the lead themselves? They just want you to do it for them, so don’t be stupid!!!

I personally feel the need for an immediate revision of the verbal opposition work is critical!

Libyan brother in exile