I Thieved My Own Pocket

What is called if you steal your own money from your own pocket?

By Rodrigo Abd, AP

BENGHAZI, Libya — In the days after Libya’s rebels rose up against Moammar Gaddafi, they faced a vexing challenge: How do you pay for a revolution?

They figured that part of the answer could be found inside the secure vaults of the Benghazi branch of the Central Bank of Libya, where Gaddafi’s government held about $505 million.

So they broke in and took it

“Let me put it this way: We robbed our own bank,” said Ali Tarhouni, the U.S.-educated finance minister for the rebels, who ordered the March heist

By drilling a hole in a wall and hiring a locksmith to play with a safe’s combination, rebel leaders turned the Gaddafi government’s own money into the lifeblood of their uprising. Now they are trying to do much the same thing on an international scale, asking foreign governments — including the United States — to use seized Libyan assets to fund a rebellion that in three months has evolved from political protest into a protracted military showdown.

HA HA HA priceless!!!    Here is serious stuff  

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“This is a tough issue,” said Jeffrey D. Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and North African affairs, speaking to reporters in Benghazi. “These are assets that we’re holding in custodianship for the service of the Libyan people, and we’re looking at how we might address the humanitarian needs.”

The money belong to the People of Libya, if anyone thy are doing “custodianship”, you know what is that meaning of “custodianship”. The Libyan people  faced major humanitarian crisis, they need basics for their very existent, their life mercy of other countries’ handout while their own money- billions- frozen by the very countries. The NTC is backed by I would say majority of the Libyan People, so they asked the countries release some of the money for the People of Libya very survival. The thing is most of the countries and the people involved they don’t care about “this humanitarian’s crisis”. Also stupidity of the administrators unspeakable. I am not sure if the money is not for this kind of situation; the very basics surviving, what is for? The economy must functioning, even if basic level, to prevent major catastrophe.

It appear that if the countries have the “custodianship” of the Libyan People’s billions, if not release for the Libyan people now, they are misusing the meaning of the “custodianship”, they have another agenda for their own, the UN Resolution clearly mandates that, (holding their shiveringv hand for decision making) as:

“… to protect the Libyan population and reaffirming that parties to armed conflicts bear the primary responsibility to take all feasible steps to ensure the protection for civilians.”

I can tell you what a leadership is very lonesome position; if you want to lead,  some times, where  you have to make a decision that are unpopular, controversial but you have the vision goes with your integrity,   clearly “good for the whole”  you just trigger the bulldozer wheel, sit in the driver's seat, gracefully straightforward to the inflamed ground, just keep going, do not looking at the sides, that is right you have to do it! You know you are right you have to do it! lonely no one hold your hands  but everyone looking at you goggling eyes, either you are going to be a great leader or you go down drain as a feeble scumbag! Choice is yours mate!  

Beauty of this particular situation is, you will be get all the glory if you are doing it right, expenses of the Libyan  Peoples’ money, not penny of your own money!  The Russian, Turkey also gave the NTC  recognition which they sought after, Russia didn’t spend on a penny so far this conflict in my knowledge- all along sitting at side fence-  as a  nuisance singing bird now, all of sudden try to take highjack the whole show!

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