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So would you say that getting involved in the uprising/ the uprising itself was a mistake considering the life citizens had pre-revolution?

You've lead a very interesting life and contributed to some of the greatest things of all time, thank you!

Question: Hows your health? (Not even joking..)

Thank you for your answer /u/ALibyanAbroad, and thank you for providing this AMA. I have another question that i would appreciate a response from, especially since you were on the inside.. Unfortunately, asking this question may get me banned from iAMA as i preceeded it with a statement.

I hope this isn't the case but I will not be silenced, especially when my preceeding statement is linked directly to my questions.

Attempting to overthrow a leader is an act of treason. I understand and respect that in a moderate society or democracy, people have the right to protest and to vote the leader out and that this was not possible in the dictatorship of Ghaddafi, so please don't think i am in support of his method of crushing resistance or the rights of the Libyan people.

• Penalty for treason Australia: levels 1-3 imprisonment (#1-life #3-thirty years) or as the court determines.

• Penalty for treason United kingdom: Life imprisonment

• Penalty for treason United states: death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

So you see, even in western democracies, The punishment for an act of treason is still severe. The only way in a dictatorship to have a removal of power is obviously by the vast majority attempting an overthrow.

This leads me to a question i have not been able to get an answer for:

In your personal opinion, Do you believe the majority of the Libyan people were in favour of an uprising, therefore representing a protest by the majority for the removal of Ghaddafi, and do you think the uprising gained further legitimacy (and therefore more involvement from the population) by the UN no-fly zone, and then the unsanctioned United states airstrikes?

Did the international involvement give the undecided people the courage they needed to "make a stand" so to speak?