In 8th grade I had a science teacher that was a bit peculiar. One day in class he got on to a kid that was one of my friends. It was a minor issue. However, it became a major issue when my friend replied to the teacher and called him buddy. This sent the teacher into a rampage. He yelled, "I am not your buddy, I am your teacher. Do not dare call me your buddy." He then promptly sent the student to the office while the rest of the class sat there stunned.
I kinda had a "I am not your buddy" moment last week. Momar Gadhafi has been a pain in the United States's collective rear end for my entire life time. Recently, he declared Lybia would no longer pursue WMDs and would help apprehend Al Queda. Because of this, western nations, especially the U.S. moved to normalize relations with Lybia. Recently, the people of Lybia realized they had grown beyond his command. When the U.S. made it know that using foreign mercenaries to kill unarmed civilians should not occur, Gadhafi expressed his feeling that he had been "betrayed" by the United States. My response to that, more harshly than the teacher above,was F*ck you! Who does this guy think he is? He is not our buddy. He was directly responsible for blowing up an airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland and blowing up a disco in Germany, all in an attempt to kill American and other western civilians. And we betrayed him? the gall this guy has. Turns out, he is probably crazy. He is not even a funny crazy dictator like Kim Jong Il. Still, he makes me sick. Fortunately, I think Lybia has passed the tipping point and his days are numbered. As revolution and popular uprising spreads across the Middle East and Northern Africa, we should see more of this. For the times, they are a changin.
-J
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