Before Gaddafi was brought down, Libyans naively thought that once Gaddafi stepped down, they would live the life of a Dubai. However, in fact, this is not the case, and today's Libya can be called Somalia.
Audiences who are familiar with Libya will know that it is a country around the Mediterranean Sea and is located at the northernmost tip of Africa, covering an area of about 1.76 million square kilometers.
In the history of Libya, it was enslaved by European countries. After the end of World War II, European colonizers, led by Britain and France, came to Libya and ruled the country for several years.
In order to resist Britain and France, the national hero Idris led the Libyan people to unite and drove out the European colonizers. Since then, it has become an independent country. However, at the beginning of Libya's existence, state power was not very stable. Local armed forces and centralized power fought each other, and the lives of the common people were not very peaceful.
In the fifties and sixties of the last century, a large amount of oil resources were discovered in Libya, and the contradiction between the two became even more acute. It is also in this context that a rising political star gradually rises, and he is Gaddafi.
Born in 1942, Gaddafi was not born into a wealthy family. On the contrary, Gaddafi's childhood was not happy, because his father was a soldier, so Gaddafi was often beaten by his father.
This not only made Gaddafi's personality very sensitive, but also made him more domineering. But even so, Gaddafi founded the Free Officers Organization headed by him.
When Gaddafi was twenty-seven years old, he also had a great opportunity. The then king of Libya, Idris, had to go to Turkey for treatment because of his serious illness.
After hearing the good news, Gaddafi decided to carry out a coup d'état. Next, he stormed the palace with his troops, and soon took charge of the king's guard.
Over the next week, Qaddafi completed the transition and began his dictatorship. In order to develop the economy and get rid of the control of Libya by Western countries, Gaddafi decided to take up the weapon of oil and fight against Western countries.
First, Gaddafi raised the price of oil exports and took over the Libyan oil company from European and American countries. After more than 10 years of development, Libya's GDP has increased several times, and the lives of ordinary people have also been greatly improved.
With this money, Gaddafi embarked on bold reforms, and in foreign affairs, he attached great importance to cooperation with the Soviet Union, and also won the broad support of the socialist camp.
In terms of national construction, Gaddafi not only vigorously developed the medical and education industries, but also implemented a welfare housing policy. It has not only improved the basic living facilities of the Libyan people, but also allowed more Libyan people to enjoy the dividends of national development.
In order to grasp the actual control of the army, Gaddafi vigorously developed his descendant troops and cultivated a large number of military forces loyal to him. However, Libya, located at the southern tip of Africa, does not have too strong defenses, so Qaddafi feels very critical.
During his visit to the Soviet Union, Gaddafi, who had no taboos, actually made a very bold request, that is, he wanted to buy nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union banned from selling. Of course, this request of Gaddafi was quickly rejected by the Soviet Union.
This time, Gaddafi decided to mobilize the whole country to develop nuclear weapons. However, this is a systematic project, and it is difficult to achieve in a short period of time.
In the nineties of the last century, with the earth-shattering changes in the socialist camp, Gaddafi also became a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of European and American countries.
In order to survive, Gaddafi also changed his foreign policy, and he decided to compromise with the United States. But even so, the United States still does not intend to let Gaddafi go, and has launched economic sanctions against Libya for several years.
Under such circumstances, the contradictions between Gaddafi and Western countries have become increasingly acute, resulting in rising unemployment in Libya and a return to the lives of ordinary people before liberation.
When the contradictions between the two sides were irreconcilable, the US-led NATO also launched an air campaign against Libya. At this time, Gaddafi was powerless to resist NATO's attack, and he could only flee in a hurry.
In this way, after spending several months in his homeland, Gaddafi was still captured by the opposition. Ignoring Gaddafi's pleas for mercy, they killed him directly. Since then, the era of Gaddafi has come to an end.
Originally, the Libyan people thought that after Gaddafi was killed, they would live a prosperous life. Even when compared to Dubai, it is not in any way comparable. However, it turned out that this was just wishful thinking on the part of the Libyan population.
In the years that followed, Libya was mired in a long period of strife, and the major warlords took turns to fight, which also made the situation in Libya even more severe.
After a long civil war, Libya's national power is getting weaker and weaker, and in order to survive, the people have also become Somali pirates, and life has become more and more difficult.