About Libya and Italy

When things really start to heat up in Libya, Qaddafi accused the Libyan rebels of being high on drugs or on Al Jazeera. When NATO started to become involved, Qaddafi tried to call upon all the Arabs to rise up against what he called a colonial aggression. Qaddafi seems to have been calling to a generation of Arabs that no longer exists in a time that has long gone by. The greatest threat that the current generation of young Arabs perceives is precisely the current "Arab" leadership, of which Qaddafi is a member.

But if anyone is interested in some context about the Libyan experience with Italian colonialism and its lasting impact, please read this article of mine in the Los Angeles Review of Books.