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Moreover, the longer conflict persists, the more legendary Gaddafi becomes. Alive he symbolizes resistance. Dead he's bigger than life, an inspiration for loyalists not to quit until Libya's free from NATO's scourge.
Washington, Britain and France desperately needed something resembling victory, even if fake, not real.
Official accounts now proclaim Gaddafi's dead, complete with less than convincing video footage and shifting explanations.
"Problem is, (he's) not dead. Not only because he was not captured and not killed....but because he already lives in the hearts of millions.""Qaddafi is alive. It matter because NATO (hasn't) won the war....It matters because" people need leaders.
Large volunteer numbers now converge "on Libya from around Africa....(They're) going....because of their love, appreciation and solidarity for Qaddafi (and want to help) the 'Brother Leader.' "
NATO destroyed Libya, but not the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya state of the masses republic. Not its "values, ideals, and democratic, economic and social relationships" that still hold out against the world's mightiest force.
In 1979, Gaddafi created direct participatory democracy, two years after the Jamahiriya's creation. Generous economic and social benefits followed. Why else would most Libyans support him. Today, with few exceptions, they all do, united against NATO's scourge.
Gaddafi himself said:
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