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In the parched lands of North Africa, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi embarked on the greatest humanitarian project of all time, The Great Man Made River. His plan was to use the vast resevoirs of glacial water, kept under the Sahara desert since the ice age, to turn the desert as green as the flag of Libya, and to save millions of African lives. 25,000 children die every single day from drinking dirty water - mostly in Africa. Colonel Gaddafi set is mind to stopping this misery.
When Gaddafi announced his plan, the "experts" of the world said it couldn't be done. It was presented as "evidence" that Gaddafi was mad, and was wasting Libya's wealth - which should be privatized, and handed over to Benghazi businessmen and their Western bankers. But Colonel Gaddafi, through his iron will and love of humankind, ignored the "experts" and made the impossible happen.
Today, the Great Man Made River stands as one of the greatest human achievements of all time. It supplies Africa with as much water as the Nile river flowing for 200 years. Gaddafi intended to share this miracle with all of Africa, but today, after NATO having bombed this miracle of love, and ruthlessly murdering Gaddafi, two French water companies want to buy the Great Man Made River (no doubt at a knock down price) and sell the water to the highest bidder.
