Gaddafi Speech
After reading the speech, complete the following.
1. Find 3 examples of what he believes or wants for his country.
2. Write down 3 examples of strong words or phrases that he uses to prove his point.
3. Write a thesis statement for the speech. Remember your thesis statement must be one
complete sentence that is debatable.
Gaddafi Speech
It has been proven that there is no democracy in the US. Rather, it is a dictatorship no different than the
dictatorships of Hitler, Napoleon, Mussolini, Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, and the rest of the
tyrants. In the days of crazy Reagan, the American president issued a presidential order to launch a war
against Libya, for example, a presidential order to besiege Libya, a presidential order to boycott Libya,
and so on. Is this a democracy or a dictatorship? There are elections in America now. Along came a
citizen of Kenyan national origins, a Muslim, who had studied at an Islamic school in Indonesia. His name
is Obama. All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man. They welcomed
him, and prayed for him and for his success, and they may have even been involved in legitimate
contribution campaigns to enable him to win the American presidency. But we were taken by surprise
when our African Kenyan brother, who is an American national, made statements that shocked his
supporters in the Arab world, in Africa, and the Islamic world. We hope that this is merely and elections
“clearance sale” as they say in Egypt- in other words, merely an elections lie. As you know, this is the
farce of elections. A person lies and lies to people just so they will vote for him, and afterwards, when
they say to him, “You promised this and that”, he says: “No. This was just elections propaganda”. This is
the farce of democracy for you. He says: “This was propaganda, and you thought I was being serious. I
was fooling you to get your votes.” Allah willing, it will turn out that this was merely elections
propaganda. Obama said that he would turn Jerusalem into the eternal capital of the Israelis. This
indicates that our brother, Obama, is ignorant of international politics, and is not familiar with the
Middle East conflict.
We thought he would say: “I have decided that if I win, I will monitor the Dimona nuclear plant, in order
to find out about the nuclear bombs, and other WMDs in Israel’s possession.” We expected him to make
such a decision. He undoubtedly had this in mind. When he talked about Iran and its nuclear program,
he undoubtedly had Dimona in mind. But when he was thinking about Dimona, he undoubtedly had the
fate of former president Kennedy in mind as well. Kennedy decided to monitor the Dimona nuclear
plant. He insisted on doing so in order to determine whether or not it produces nuclear weapons. The
Israelis refused, but he insisted. This crisis was resolved with the resignation of Ben-Gurion. He resigned
so he would not have to agree with the monitoring of the Dimona plant, and he gave the green-light for
the killing of Kennedy. Kennedy was killed because he insisted on the monitoring of the Dimona plant.
This image was undoubtedly on Obama’s mind. He undoubtedly wanted to talk about this, but decided
not to.
We expected him to say: “If I win, I will implement the one-state solution- the “Isratine” which appears
in Gaddafi’s White Book.” This idea constitutes the final, deep-rooted, and historic solution. It is
impossible to establish to midget-states in this area. What kind of country is only 15 Km deep? The socalled Israel is only 15 Km deep. What kind of a country is this? There are 5 million Palestinians there.
We expected Obama to say: “I’ve decided to return millions of Palestinian refugees to the land of
Palestine, from which they were expelled in 1948 and 1967.” This is the “change” that the people
applaud, the change that the American people- and the black people in America- want. We expected
him to say: “I will strive for the independence and the unity of the Kurdish nation. This nation must take
its place under the sun in the Middle East.” The Kurdish nation is torn apart, tormented and persecuted,
and is colonized by everyone. He should have supported it, instead of supporting the collaborators,
while sacrificing the future of the Kurdish Nation. This is “change”. The thing we fear most is that the
black man suffers from an inferiority complex. This is dangerous. If our brother, Obama, feels that
because he is black, he doesn’t have the right to rule America, this would be a disaster because such a
feeling would make him behave whiter than the white, and go to an extreme in his persecution and
degradation of the blacks.
We say to him: “Brother, the whites and blacks are equal in America.” They are all immigrants. America
belongs neither to the whites nor the blacks. America belongs to its original inhabitants, the Indians.
Both the whites and blacks immigrated to America, so they are equal, and Obama has the right to hold
his head high, and say: “I am a partner in America. It is as much my land as it is yours. If it is not my land,
it is not yours either. It is the land of the Indians. You are immigrants and so are we.”
We still hope that this black man will take pride in his African and Islamic identity, and in his faith and
that he will know that he has rights in America, and that he will change American from evil to good. And
that America will establish relations that will serve it well with other people, especially the Arabs.