Gadhafi Son's $11B Bail: When 'Justice' Has a Price Tag
Al-Monitor highlights the Lebanese judiciary's latest move, granting bail to Hannibal Gadhafi—not because new evidence absolved him, but because a decade behind bars, apparently, is punishment enough for a disappearance tied to international intrigue and his father's notoriously opaque regime. This financial 'resolution' neatly bypasses any messy trials or truth-telling that might expose
inconvenient truths about his family's dealings, and the various international powers who dealt with them. How many ordinary citizens disappear daily without an $11 billion bail option? While this story focuses on a Ghadafi scion, the core issue remains – that 'justice' often follows the money, not the truth. The international community, which once condemned Libyan corruption, now quietly observes
as a staggering sum 'resolves' a case from 1978. One might wonder if the real crime was ever the disappearance, or just who was doing the disappearing. This isn't justice; it's a financial transaction to make a problem go away.