Gaddafi, You’re Under Arrest

The last thing Lebanon needs right now is angering yet another oil-rich Arab dictator.

Even the French are giving him a red-carpet treatment..(Photo: NY times)

As if we haven’t had enough foreign meddlers in our country, our judicial system took it upon itself to add another one. Just like that, we decided that our life is so boring right now that we need to infuriate a crazy Arab leader who has money to spare.

It doesn’t matter who came up with the idea and it doesn’t matter if it’s the “right thing to do” at this moment. It is definitely not the wisest thing to do. An angry Gaddafi could sniff out the political party behind this decision and shower their opponents with petrodollars to buy weapons and “defend themselves”. 

Do we really want to open this door? While we’re at it, why not issue arrest warrants for the Syrian president, the Egyptian president and the Saudi king? Didn’t they all somehow contribute in our uncivil war?

The Lybian president is a terrible person, but a Lebanese warrant to arrest him is nothing but utter stupidity.