{"id":5158,"date":"2011-11-09T06:14:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T13:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2011-11-06T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T15:49:22","slug":"saif-qaddafi-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=5158","title":{"rendered":"Saif Qaddafi Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3784.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=5170\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3784.jpg?fit=940%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot 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\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Do you know why we Arabs have lost all of our wars with Israel?\u00a0 Because Israel is democratic, and we are undemocratic.\u00a0 So in one of our states, the worst general becomes army chief of staff, because he is no threat to carry out a coup d&#8217;etat.\u00a0 Loyalty to the strongman is all that matters.\u00a0 Democracy, on the other hand, is a competitive mechanism- and that is why Israel wins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saif Qaddafi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Davos 2005<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">as quoted in National Review<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last I heard Saif was in hiding negotiating with the world court to cop a plea and save his and the remainder of his families lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Do you know why we Arabs have lost all of our wars with Israel?\u00a0 Because Israel is democratic, and we are undemocratic.\u00a0 So in one of our states, the worst general becomes army chief of staff, because he is no threat to carry out a coup d&#8217;etat.\u00a0 Loyalty to the strongman is all that matters.\u00a0 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