Muammar Gaddafi Interviewed Just Before Libyan Revolution

Back then libya has free universal healthcare, electricity, housing and education. Today is a war thorn chaotic hell to live in.

As an Irishman, this man had more brains, charisma and wisdom than most in this day and age, the damage inflicted on Libya is a shame to all of us in the West, God rest him.

I never met a single person from Africa who thought this man was worthy of death. It is a shame what has happened to Libya since his death.

In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then President of the African Union, suggested to the States of the African continent to switch to a new currency, independent of the American dollar: the gold dinar. The objective of this new currency was to divert oil revenues towards state-controlled funds rather than American banks. In other words, to stop using the dollar for oil transactions. Countries such as Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Angola were ready to change their currencies. Unfortunately in March 2011, the NATO-led coalition began a military intervention in Libya in the name of freedom….

I spent 2 years of my childhood in Libya as my parents worked there on infrastructure projects. As I remember it it was one of the best parts of my life and I can totally confirm that everyone was happy and everyone loved Gaddafi. He had the best social system in the world that provided for everyone as much as they want and have the lifestyle they want. From the simple shepherd to the manager of 5 hotels. Did you know that if you were admitted at Harvard University the Libyan state would pay your tuition fees? There is a reason you probably never encountered a Libyan living overseas: no one wanted to live Libya as it was a paradise!

They said gaddafi was evil. Look at Libya now,what are the "angels" done

Just watched his death video and came back here. "I forgive them, they were ignorant". Hits hard.

Members of my family worked in Libya, and the former president of Yugoslavia, Tito, was an honored guest at Gaddafi's. Gaddafi looks like a calm man, one would say that there is sadness in his eyes. It is sad how they betrayed and killed him. A great leader. Many cannot hold a candle to him.

I have his watch. My grandfather was a General for the Federal Yugoslav Army and had dealings with him. At the end of one of their meetings Gaddafi took his watch off his wrist and gifted it to my grandfather. I still have it and it works. It's Swiss made but it's branded with Libyan government symbols.

US Main Stream Media tricked me into thinking this man was Hitler. As I am older now,I realize this was a unique man that loved his people.

I would have trusted this man with my life more than any western govt including my own in my country

This man gave the greatest speech in history of the UN general assembly.

Here we are, 7 years later, and this guy still makes more sense than any american president so far

Without him, north africa is a mess. The way he died was just cruel.

This is the Gaddafi most of us in Africa saw and experience. On a trip to my nativeland of Sierra Leone, I was there to see him speak. He was the first person I heard shed optimism about Africa, and the untapped potential we have within. Unsure about all the inner-workings of Libya during his reign, but I can clearly see his country has gone backwards after his death. ISIS, Slave Trade etc. all creaped inside present day Libya.

He wrote his ideas on solving Palestine and Israel's crisis = Isratine. He wanted to combine both sides into one country to ensure peace. This man had so much wisdom. He wrote about it in "White Book".

It's one thing to kill a man but to tarnish his memory and make everyone think he was evil is just callous.

Gaddafi's last words, 'I forgive them, they were ignorant'.

If this man was still alive the world would be a much better place.

Okay so back in 2000 I had a Libyan friend who had moved to the UK. He painted a vivid picture of life under him. He gave a lot to the country and to it's people and I'm sure he mentioned money and extra support for pregnant women. He built hospitals, roads and provided stability across the country for the most part. His big irrigation initiatives in the desert (1750 miles of pipes) was an incredible achievement. Yet he was a complex man with a huge Ego, I guess like a character portrayed in 'The Dictator'. He did many great things but was far from perfect; he was power hungry, controlling and most of all... Feared. He held onto control and this became his undoing in the end. Sadly life in Libya is very different today especially in the west. Libya today is very broken and might never fully recover. Did he perhaps over step the mark at times? Yes but what leader doesn't? The truth is not many leaders today could measure up to this man. He was intelligent, wise and had a certain charm.