Libya: ICC issues arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi

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Originally Posted by August

No, what it tells him is: "If you give up we will put you on trial as a war criminal so you might as well fight to the end"

Besides, even if he were to loose power and somehow get it back it wouldn't be by permission of the international community whatever that is.

Umm not exactly you see being a dictator and being one for more than 4 decades has many perks besides just power. Money and all kind of jewels for example(arts, women, etc). Now power is obviously not going to be restored or recognized by international community so there's less reason trying to hold on to that and instead now more reasons to save the other perks instead.

There are states specifically African states which are not a signatory of the ICC agreement. The places now Gaddafi needs to weigh as to where he will be if he decides to step down. Insisting to hold on to power now holds little value to him. It's more like trying to get the best deal to get as much as the other perks with him. Now if ground pressure is mounting against him that would speed up his mind. It's much better to be alive and rich than dead or worse in jail for insisting to hold on to power. After all Gaddafi's situation is much better than say Iraq's Saddam Hussein.

Here's why:
Being a head of state or a diplomat requires international recognition and the person must command respect. A head of state or government who is on the arrest warrant of ICC has neither. He wouldn't be able to travel to conduct diplomatic visits or attend international(UN) or regional forums and even his envoys would not be as effective if not irrelevant to the eyes of the international community as they are representative of the person whom arrest is wanted by the ICC. Of course there's always the possibility of them shutting themselves from the rest of the world like North Korea but I think there's a strong reason why there is only a single North Korea like regime in the world and others do not envy their position. In one sentence a political leader who is on the ICC arrest warrant is an ineffective political figure. Dead politically. It spells the end of his political reign.