Originally Posted by dazzling

There is a very interesting article here about whats really going on in libya...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD14Ak02.html

One of the interesting things is how good life is in Libya under Qaddaff, free medical, free Universities, the government pays you money to study overseas, gives you $50,000 when you get married, no-interest loans, almost no taxes, cheap food. One of the reasons behind this attack on Libya is the standard of living is so high that other Arab countries are worried it will cause unrest as people want the same as Libya.

Another article I read was that Qaddafi was about to Nationilize the oil and every 12 months send every single person in Libya their equal share of the money. This would have made the Libyan people the most wealthy in the world.
If you look closer, Qaddafi did an amazing job with that country, credit to him. This is why they want to get rid of him, its not in Western interests to have the Libyan people getting their share of the oil profits, because soon other people in other countries will demand the same.