Volume VI Chapter 697 Gaddafi's Thoughts
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At the end of a heated dinner, Gaddafi's eldest son, Mohammed, was ordered to accompany Somali Minister of Education Awel and the Minister of Health, while Gaddafi himself took Li Mo and Luo Xiang into a more heavily guarded conference room in the presidential palace. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Both sides knew that the next conversation would be the highlight of Limo's visit to Libya.
After everyone sat down, the two maids brought special milk tea and quickly left.
"Lee, I'm very happy today, do you know why?" Gaddafi looked at Li Mo with blazing eyes and asked.
Li Mo shook his head slightly and said, "I really don't know!" I wonder if Mr. President has any happy events to be happy about, and let us be happy and happy together when I say it? ”
"Haha, Lee, I'm happy because you, my friend of Gaddafi, came. You don't know, I'm getting older and I'm not as energetic as I used to be. And I am full of feelings for Libya, and no one can erase the efforts and efforts I have made over the decades, but the strength of Libya has made countless people dissatisfied, and the gift given by Allah to the Libyan people has been watched by countless jackals, and I am under great pressure. Not just external, but internal! Gaddafi seems to really treat Li Mo as a confidant, and spit bitterness at Li Mo.
Although Li Mo scoffed at this in his heart, he nodded solemnly on his face, as if he agreed with Gaddafi's words.
As a scholar, Gaddafi's IQ is definitely not low, and it is very detrimental to talk about his situation in front of a foreign dignitary who is lower than himself, and to be pessimistic about the present and the future. But he still said it, naturally to resonate with the other party. After all, some of Gaddafi's words are still in line with reality.
Although Libya is the richest country in Africa, the standard of living of ordinary people has not reached the level of its economic development. Libya's economy, mainly oil, accounts for more than 60 per cent of the country's gross domestic product. And Libya's oil is extracted by state-owned companies, and the huge profits obtained cannot really be fairly distributed to the six million Libyan people.
If Gaddafi wants to maintain his rule, or even inherit the rule of the Gaddafi family, he has to expand his strength, and it costs money to win over his cronies, and the long-term blockade and sanctions have led to the fact that Libya's military equipment is very backward, and it costs money to upgrade and redress. He also took out a large amount of money from the profits of oil and deposited it in his own account and that of his children to seek benefits for the Gaddafi family.
In the end, the huge oil profits, except for the so-called national education and health care system, ordinary people do not get more benefits.
And that's not the main thing, because Libya's well-established education system and health care system have already satisfied many Libyans. Looking at other countries in Africa, which country can have such treatment as Libya?
However, in Libya, it is not only ordinary people, but also many forces and tribes that have been suppressed by Gaddafi. These people have been suppressed by Gaddafi for a long time, their political demands cannot be satisfied, and their economic interests have been controlled by the political axe and Gaddafi. These prestigious and popular forces will certainly not give up with Gaddafi, and many forces and tribes, with the support of foreign forces, have frequently launched attacks on Gaddafi.
At the 'instigation' of these people, more and more ordinary people are being co-opted and dissatisfied with the unfair distribution of oil profits by the political axe.
People's hearts are greedy, and they will never be satisfied with the status quo, not to mention that Gaddafi did not achieve fairness and justice in dealing with ordinary people inside, as the saying goes, not to suffer from the lack of wealth but to suffer from inequality, more and more people feel that the Gaddafi family's control of the country's oil resources and interests is to plunder everyone's interests. As soon as this kind of sign appears, it will inevitably affect more people who are dissatisfied with Gaddafi.
Gaddafi has recognized this and is preparing for economic reforms and more welfare measures to improve national benefits. However, this requires a process and cannot be achieved overnight. However, the increasingly obvious pressure from the outside and many restless factors from the inside made Gaddafi feel that his seat was already precarious. At this time, Gaddafi urgently needs the understanding of the people, and he needs great prestige, or in other words, to buy more time for himself to complete economic reforms.
Li Mo also has a detailed understanding of the social situation in Libya, and of course knows what the situation is. Qaddafi imposed speech controls in Libya to control any speech that would be unfavorable to him. He has always hoped that in Libya a new system will be realized, neither capitalist nor capitalist. In other words, Gaddafi hopes that the Gaddafi family will rule Libya for generations, but he hopes that the people will not oppose it. I hope that the Gaddafi family will become big capitalists, but I don't want other capitalists in the country to oppress the people.
From the heart, Gaddafi hopes that the Libyan people can live in a relatively fair and just social environment and system, but all this must be established under the absolute rule of the Gaddafi family over Libya. This has produced contradictions, dictatorship, especially family dictatorship, the breeding of various problems is inevitable, and in this information age, ordinary people need not only food, clothing, housing and transportation to be basically satisfied, but also more interests, such as political treatment.
How can the rest of Libyans accept that the Gaddafi family has a firm grip on the core of political power and the country's economic lifeline?
Ordinary people are better, after all, they are too far away, but for those who have ambitions and desires, this move by the Gaddafi family is equivalent to cutting off everyone's path to progress, whether economic or political.
For those who are ambitious, Gaddafi is not afraid, he has only one attitude, that is, to hit hard, until the other party who beats does not dare to have this idea again. What Qaddafi feared was that the Libyan people were standing up against it. Without the support of the Libyan people and without the basis for rule, his 'third system' will be nothing more than an illusion, a castle in the air, and simply unrealistic.
So Gaddafi now urgently needs to find a solution to the problem, and he already has an idea, that is, the Gaddafi family only controls the two core of economy and politics, and divides the country's economy and politics into a part of the cake for the Libyan people, and finally reaches a balance point, which can satisfy the majority of Libyans without endangering the interests of the Gaddafi family.
However, whether this regime is reliable or not depends not only on the cohesion of the core of the top, but also on the foundation of the lower level, and Gaddafi is worried that if the lower classes are ceded to the people, will the rule of the Gaddafi family be stable? As soon as a group of people who hold the basic power in Libya are used by others, the rule of the Gaddafi family will immediately fall apart.
So how to find this balance, it is very difficult, Gaddafi desperately needs time, a lot of time, but the domestic and foreign forces will not give him much time, because he already feels that there is an undercurrent surging in the calm situation in Libya.
Some people are no longer comfortable being docile citizens, and they want to be able to gain greater power and benefits. And foreign greedy capitalists and politicians, who have become interested in Libya's oil resources and its geographical location, are eager to oust Gaddafi from power and prop up a proxy to meet their interests.
Gaddafi knows his own strength very well, and knows that Libya is now like a child holding a gold brick, surrounded by strong enemies outside, and the saliva of the jackals has poured into the Mediterranean, once a group of jackals has completed the internal distribution of interests, they will rush up, oust him from power, and plunder Libya.
At this time of internal and external pressure, Gaddafi urgently needs more and stronger allies, urgently needs to strengthen his strength and weight, make the jackals feel scruples, and make them understand that jumping up and biting the prey will break their teeth, so as to curb the hearts of the jackals to a certain extent controlled by greed.
And the Chinese deputy commander in front of him is also known for being tough in the outside world. Gaddafi felt that at this time, if anyone could help him, the third OECD was one.
Third, the combined national strength of several OECD member countries may not be comparable to a jackal, but these member countries have sharp blades in their hands, and in the dying throes, they can also disembowel the jackal, and both sides will lose.
"Li, I plan to join the Third OECD and contribute to the development of third world countries, what do you think?" Gaddafi was very direct about his thoughts.
Li Mo was stunned when he heard this, and his heart was surprised. I had planned to let Libya join the Third OECD, but I didn't expect the other party to take the initiative.
The Third OECD is nominally an organization that focuses on economic exchanges and trade cooperation, and its member countries are all third world countries. However, it is clear to everyone that this organization can be said to be a 'military alliance'; countries like Iran all pursue a non-aligned foreign policy, but in practice, there are still many names that can be blamed, and the emergence of the third OECD is tantamount to breaking with the previous foreign policy, of course, on the surface, no one will admit it.
A well-known 'paramilitary alliance' is aimed at countering the United States and all other forces that threaten member states. Since its establishment, its main external work has been to negotiate the nuclear issue with the Western forces led by the United States, because nuclear weapons are involved, and although some countries in the international community want to join the Third Economic Cooperation and Development Organization, they have not taken action because of their concerns.
At this time, what is the purpose of Gaddafi's addition? If Li Mowan had been reborn a year later, perhaps he would not have been distressed by this problem, because at that time, Libya was being attacked by multinational forces, and a no-fly zone was established over Libya. Strike at the air defense forces and strategic points controlled by Gaddafi, and provide flank support to the Libyan armed forces.
Although Li Mo is aware of the contradictions in Libya, he does not have an intuitive impression, nor does he understand it as well as Gaddafi.
"Mr. President, Somalia very much welcomes members like Libya who share the same interests as everybody. Personally, I would very much welcome Libya to join the Third OECD, but as you know, Iran is the founder of the Third OECD, and the inclusion of member states requires the consent of most of the four countries. ”
(To be continued)