La verita offende?

Where?

The wrongs of past and present are what they are: WRONG. The reference timespan that I am taking a look at is approximately 35 years, give or take a few. The only bias that I have is that the people involved now are more relevent to the current events unfolding and I expect a lot more from them.

KMB speaks drivel, so he is not worth mentioning. As an end note, wouldn’t it be apt if the incoming Libyan government were to erect a statue to KMB with the legend: THIS MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR US HAVING HAD TO ENDURE MUAMMAR GADAFFI SINCE 1986.

Take away money and you get rhyme and reason.

[Daphne – Tell me the facts then, sweetheart. I’ll be happy to upload them – if you can articulate them.]

There are laws, and there is the rule of law. They are related, but they are not the same thing.

You are subject to Libya’s laws, but you have no recourse to law if things do not work in your favour. More precisely, Gaddafi’s regime is not bound by law.

Publish them on your blog.

@ yor
I have to disagree with you on this one. Rewind back to the 80s with a clear and unbiased mind and evaluate the history that evolved during those golden years.

It was then that the aspirations of the few so blatantly and forcefully overshadowed the aspirations of the many and hence Malta. And the butcher of Tripoli was the paladin of those few. Judging by what KMB, Reno Calleja et al said during these troubled times, he still is. Golden years, my arse. If you remove the ‘Never have’ at the beginning of yor comment I will be in full agreement with you.

We signed secret pacts with him in the seventies to turn against the British and NATO. We even had to endure a green passport (written in Arabic) for years on end.

We had to adopt Arabic as a compulsory language at secondary level. He sent military hardware on us when we were exploring for oil in the Medina bank in 1979.

One of our ex prime minsters warned him of the US attack on Tripoli back in ’86. Just a few months ago, Gaddafi threatened to turn Europe ‘black and Muslim’ unless the EU pay him 5 billion a year.

Since Malta joined the EU, he has taken his revengue by allowing hundreds of banana-boats packed with illegal immigrants to leave his shores for Malta. He has made us sleep with Ceaucescu, the North Koreans and the Chinese throughout the eighties having Mintoff make a fool of himself on the council of Europe on more than one occasion.

And while ths present government was aware of all these humiliations they are still reluctant to step on Gaddafi’s toes and allow the coalition forces to use Malta’s resources to attack him.