Editor's Note: The following is an edited transcript of Fareed Zakaria's remarks in his interview with Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room.
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
I think that Moammar Gadhafi will fight and not surrender. Gadhafi is different from Hosni Mubarak, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, or even Bashar al-Assad. These other figures are bureacrats or sons of the founders of their respective states.
Gadhafi, in contrast, is a founder himself. He initiated the coup that brought him into power. He is more a Fidel-Castro-type-figure - originally very charismatic and militarily skillful. He takes risks. He is not a bureaucrat who will lay down the sword and go quietly into the night.
I interviewed Gadhafi in New York for GPS a few years ago (you can read the transcript here), and he is without question the strangest foreign leader I have ever interviewed. Gadhafi seemed liked he was on drugs - completely out of it. He was bizarre, constantly quoted from his own Green Book, unaware of what was going on around him. Interviewing Gadhafi was like interviewing Yoda.
You had the feeling that his sons were tightly in control and he had some kind of weird, mystical place in that firmament.
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what a horribly crafted article. It seems like it is half written, with no conclusion. So, Ghadafi is this crazy dude that does not even have a clue on his surroundings. And??? Care to finish the article??
Not an article. Read the first sentence. Now remove foot from mouth and slap face.
"Editor's Note: The following is an edited transcript of Fareed Zakaria's remarks in his interview with Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room."
Good one!
cant you read? do you know what edited transcript means,stu, as in stupid!
Rob, Go get the real story from Glen Beck the enlightened one who knows it all.
Ya but make sure the other fat guy gives his blessing
I have studied Gaddafi's interviews. Don't be misled by his excentric and theatrical airs. He is intelligent and in his head, he is aware of what's going around him.
I wouldn't underestimate Gaddfi. He might still have surprises up his sleeve! Maybe it's his chance now to show what a good soldier and strategist he still ist.
Gaddafi is crazy like a fox.
Haha no, he'll be dead by morning.
Mr. Zakaria looks like an expert in foreign issues, however he is not. How can this guy be expert when he even does not know where Load Buddha was born..??I am just amazed by his depth of knowledge when he said that Buddha ws born in India, not in Nepal. He he he...Gud kuck Mr. Expert...
who cares where the Buddha was born? Not knowing that disqualifies you from talking about current events?
Yes – it is poorly written with no conclusions. There is not much quality journalism going on anymore. They upload a video on the site and write a few words and they're done. With all the escape tunnels built it is possible we will never see or hear from Gaddafi again.
It's not an article. Please read more carefully.
Rob, this was not meant to be an article. It is, as is clearly stated, an edited transcript of what Zakaria said in an interview with Wolf Blitzer.
Click on the link to read the whole article before you jump to conclusions! Zakaria is a great journalist.
Of course he wont go and as they say its not over till its over.. NATO can't drop any more bombs as they might kill the rebels, watch this go on for a long time
It's a blog entry, not an article. The standards are very different.
His point is well taken. Gadhafi has a singular mental makeup. No one to compare him to. but I believe, similarly, there are no people like the Libyans. They know his idiosyncrasies and have been planning around them for years. He won't surrender, but they will take him.
Your addressing a full fledged liberal. You won't get answers. His sole ambition is to advance the liberal cause. That's CNN. What the liberal media needs to address, is how soon are we going to regret supporting the fringe groups who are going to take over all of these Middle Eastern nations. This was France's and the European Unions fight from day one. What we need to ask, WHY? It's about the payoff, my friend. Weak, stupid, reactionary foreign policy, completely directionless, that's what this is, and soon enough we will regret it.
OMG!!!!!please read carefully. This is not an article.
Of course he won't surrender. The rebels would torture him in devious, evil ways. He knows it. So he'll fight on hoping to win, but will end up dying in the process to avoid capture.
We don't know he's going to die. He and his sons have enormous support and are building on the resentment of the losers in this struggle. He has enough power to hold probably half of Tripoli and the coast running to Surt. (excluding Misrata) Libya seems to be in essence a nation of city-states, anyway.
i heard that nato is sending in seal team 2100 to take him out with a ice bullet made of wood and pee
I don't know why, but I can almost see the news reports that show him appearing in Riyadh seeking assylum. King Abdullah will be hard pressed to justify it, but will probably grant it.
And our lord and saviour Barack Hussien Obama has slewn the evil Libyan. And the masses exult in his genius. This story will roll on and on and Zakaria will be hyping it until election day 2012.
Mission Accomplished! Feels good when it's not fake, doesn't it?
@dave: lol. Well, not yet, but soon, i think. Unlike that other guy, obama should wait until it *is* accomplished.
Nice reply there, I like it ! That should shut all the detractors up, not just this idiot.
Somehow I don't think Al Quaida has been taken apart... so no... mission is not accomplished...
Sometimes the pathelogical hatred of Obama from the right makes no sense. Acknowledge Obama's accomplishments. Qadhafi is an evil character in world politics, his downfall is good. Any of these foreign situations must be dicey and difficult to control or intervene. We did it on the cheap (compared to Iraq and Afghanistan), did it with the support and lead of European allies and with the help of other Arab countries. American soldiers weren't being killed on the ground and the rebels were doing their own fighting for their own freedom. What more could we ask? There wil be, of course, dangers in the post-Qadhafi period, but the fall of any tyrannt should hearten any lover of freedom and democracy. And part of this success is Obama's policies. What point is there in this mania of hatred for the man?
If only more people had intelligent and level headed thoughts such as yourself, just maybe our political system wouldn't be in the place that it has been.
Oh, don't worry about that. The Republicans will surely find a contrarian view, if only just play devil's advocate. They've been real good at doing that all the time since a black man became president in early 2009; why stop now?
How about this twist on events (that the Republicans could use): The leader of Libya, Moamar Qaddafi, has renounced terror and weapons of mass destruction for the last several years. Now, President Obama has decided to commence and continue an illegal war that has killed an untold number of innocent civilians in Libya. Furthermore, President Obama has created a situation which threatens to destabilize trade in the entire region for years to come and negatively affect worldwide oil prices which is already sky-high due to his mismanagement.
Yes i like what you said . and also there are the replicers like the traitor mccain how spit crap out of there mouth like it should have been over sooner . You go obama
Didn't realize Obama actually captured Ghaddafi. Wow... he's been busy this week.
He had as much to do with ending Ghaddafi as Bush did with ending Saddam. Both of these people would have fallen no matter which party or person is in charge. The will of the people will always prevail. No "one person" is that powerful.
Pathological indicates that it makes no sense.
Liberals can't point out how Obama has wisely kept from committing ourselves too much to Libya, while also giving Obama credit for Ghaddafi's downfall. It's one or the other. Most people agree that European countries have taken more of a leadership role than the US, such as England and France for actually training the rebels. So... sorry to say it but England and France deserve the credit on Libya, not Obama.
Thank you Geo- I don't get it either – the Tea Party hates Obama so much that they would see our nation destroyed before say one good thing about him. He is one of our best presidents- did what he had to to save the economy that the Republicans destroyed, got Osama, and has used a wise approach to all of the amazing "Arab Spring' events, especially Libya. I feel safe with him at the helm and command and just pray that Americans are too darned smart to believe all the hatred and racist lies against him. God Bless America and the world. We are all one.
I see you are off your meds again.
Of all the comments on this blog, your's is the stupidest.
When it suits us, that's when we 'remove' tyrants from their seats of power. Only when it suits our own agenda, otherwise why not the Iranian and N. Korean rulers?
Just saying....
You think!!!!!?????? Maybe what we should be asking ourselves is why, what's the real agenda, who is gaining out of this, or hopes to. Why is France and the EU so gung=ho all of a sudden?, especially when we don't even know who we're dealing with? What's really going on?
we re not going to get the guy without killing everyone there. He has a lot of money too and I hope we dont get retalliation here in the US. Thank you representatives for making bankers and oil men and war profiteers rich at our expense. No really i like that
edited transcript? I know what an edited transcript is, and sorry, it still has to present a coherent argument, it has to make sense. It sounds as if the person who edited this is on drugs, not Gaddafi. Try this, CNN: try not having your journalists be experts on 3 or 4 things at once, and try having them not interview each other and then presenting the edited 'remarks' as some kind of information/opinion/news. As for Mr. Big's and Dave's genius-level contributions–Baaaaaa! Baaaaa!
ummm...shaddup.
Gadhafi knows how to put on an act for simple foreigners. He would have to be psychologically together to stage a coup and hold his country together for 42 years.
Well said Brian..this dude knows what he is doing..Wake up Fareed..Ghadaffi is more sane than you..He knows u will be talking about his erratic behavior and so gives u that pleasure...
Dude, have you ever seen any of his interviews. The guy was obviously on speed or some other hallucinogenic mushrooms.
I am not against movement in Libya. However, Fareed shame on you and your influence in CNN. CNN is openly supporting corruption in Indian govt. Try to give bad name to an honest person Anna Hazare. Here is how, Fareed has soft corner for India's corrupted political party. He received awards from them. His fat5her was part of those mafia (political party) gang.
R,, you must be a Pakistani, with your stupid conspiracy theory. I am sure you believe what most Pakistanis I know who live in this country and enjoy a nice life style but think that 9/11 never happened. What would you bring his Indian background as a reason to discriminate his opinion.
Ed: You can criticize India and Fareed without being a Pakistani just like you can criticize Israel without being anti-Semite. R never said anything pro-Pakistan. He wrote about the anti-corruption movement in India which is good for India and should be launched in Pakistan too. That movement has nothing to do with Pakistan. Get your head out of your rear please.
why is it an edited transcript? got something to hide?
In an interview? What would there be to hide?
My six-year-old doesn't think Gadafy will surrender either so for once Fareed might be right.
The war that is ongiong in libya is shamefull,to think we are arming the same people we have been fighing for over tens yrs and it is explained as a good thing,I didnt think it could get anymore asinine than bush but here we go with another failed war for resources.I am not saying ghadafi was a good man,but it makes no sense to be in libya when assad is actively killing people including torturing children.Although we would like to we cannot be the world police.We need to be focusing on aiding somalia right now in not only setting up food programs but also enabling he somalian people to be able to have sustained growth economically as well as resource wise.These military actions do not help the world it only destroys it.I find myself disgusted with my own country of america because we do not mind our own buisiness and it has and will come back to haunt us again!
Well said Chris..It's all about Oil..Just like Iraq..What a Shame..!!
For a more factual account of the situation in Libya, read the article at the link below and do your own independent and thorough research. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD14Ak02.html All it is not as the U.S. news wants you to believe. But maybe Americans no longer care.
Yeah, I went to the site. Completely incoherrent. The writer was all over the place. Not helpful.
Maybe Newsweek will give him a contract...
When you see the F22 flying toward you, cusp your fingers and move your hand in an up and down vertical motion, like you are telling him to go uck himself, so you do not leave this world like a itch....
Cause Hillary already submitted each political party's mug shot for review to Newsweek and I have no idea why Iranian fundamentalists call this toilet paper a Western front for intelligence.
Sometimes you are just better off not being able to publish a story because a society can figure out a blackout but not a half truth.
Because even against the harsh realities of third world dictatorships like Iran, you are better off knowing what they are capable of, that shines through with no press, as opposed to this deformed and pathetic pressure cooked nut house where extrajudicial means are used to protect our perception that allows for extrajudicial control to go as far and wide as possible to destroy any subject in ways that make it look like the government had no hand in it.
Cause one is easier to defend yourself against than the other and even though the nation as a whole may feel just a little more special and a little less anxious, just wait till you see what your options are when it gets to you...other than trying to find ways to live with yourself the more you are trained to dismiss anything that happens around you.
The real sad thing is once the "investigative" control around a subject hardens the more you get punished the more you are able to dismiss absolutely anything because it is easier for the mind to live in denial moving forward than accepting you were a scared chicken hit from the beginning before the subjects were sunk farther and farther into what they would tolerate and accept...
Sort of an old trick HU, because unlike Pigeons, that get rewarded for doing good and only punished for doing bad, you can go a lot deeper with a human -punish them even when they were good to get them deeper into what you need them to be-because at that point Pigeons don't care about what the other Pigeons around them would think but socially anxious Americans...
YA RIGHT WE DON"T PROTECT FREEDOM NOW GET SOME ITCH!!!
This post makes no sense. Must be someone who's first language is not English.
Didn't you just shoot up Norway? How'd you get online so fast?
For once, Zakaria is right. 'cause if Gadhafi is Yoda, guess who is the Empire...
I think when the rebel soldiers are in complete control of Tripoli, and Gaddaffi realises that he is a loser, then he will commit suicide, he will not fight as he boasts, because inwardly he is a real coward.
Did he telephone you Mr. Zakaria?
Let me express my condolences to pro-jewish "fareeds" etc. Colonel Ghaddafi represents one of the libyan major tribes.
How you gonna kill em all? You could not kill even all Vietnamese?
Fareed: Please shut up with your ideas and half-ss comments. I think you should stick with writing anti-Pakistan stuff since that actually brings you a paycheck from the Indian govt.
Fahed, you are a true Renaissance Man...first an expert on Pakistan and US foreign policy, then Afghanistan, then the US economy and now triabl Arab-Berber Sahraran force politique. Thank goodness we have you to explain everything to you and that CNN is apparently hitching its star to you.
Not to mention his plan to change the US government to have a Prime Minister, because that would solve everything.
Senator John McCain said that the Libyan conflict should have ended sooner. However, I find his comments deceitful and hypocritical because he failed to point out that this mission dragged on because his party stepped in the way and forced president Obama to withdraw our military campaign just when the coalition was having the upper hand. So you now have the Afghan war ongoing some ten years later because the GOP abandoned and prolonged that war to wage their illegitimate Iraqi war. Now you have the Libyan crisis prolonged likewise because the "Party of No" is at it once again. But then again, who is to blame them? After all, despite eight years of failing the American people and murdering so many of our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American people rushed to the polls during the midterm elections and gave back the House of Representatives to the GOP simply because the president of the United States is black. However the message you are sending to the GOP is that everytime you failed America, we will reward you with another term so you can screw us again.
Remember when George W. Bush ran for re-election in 2004? The American people said O' let him finish what he started and unfortunately that is exactly what George W. Bush and the GOP did. They finished America with two costly wars in one term and the worst economic crisis in America since the Great Depression in the second term. So you see, we haven't learn at all and now that president Obama and his administration is left with the task of taking out the garbage, the GOP has been given control of the House and even more power to create more roadblocks for this administration.
Nevertheless, my message to the American people is if you want to give control of the Executive Branch back to the GOP in 2012, then go on. All I can say is that America would get what it so rightfully deserves.
Well stated, but unfortunately it will fall on deaf ears. Remember, according to them this is all Obama's fault.
So your argument is that McCain is a hypocrite because he disagrees with some members of his party. So is Obama a hypocrite if he states an opinion that other Democrats don't agree with?
Boy CNN is lucky to have guy so well versed in everything on their staff. Hey..jet on over to Libya and explain the benefits of a parliament to them like you did us last week man from India. Might wanna wait for a few weeks, not months though just to make sure the regime is dead. Tell you what..bring a few terrorist tea party folks with you and threaten to blow up their economy...that strategy is working well here eh?
If Gadhafi is such a top military commander, why is it that he is just a Colonel? Seems like he should be a General, or Admiral, at least. Probably what really matters in the whole thing is the price of gas down on the corner. Most talking heads say it has no effect, we might see a drop of a few nickels in the price, that will be about it. No reduction in our military spending either, still spending about 60% of our revenue intake on the wars/huge military, a sure recipe for economic disaster. In so many ways, our economic situation is much worse than Libya, and other places over there, at least they have oil. Our division of wealth is much worse, and getting more worse. We have about 20+ million out of work, probably much worse than what they are saying. We don't have enough consumers, and the solution seems to be to destroy more consumers. They predict the economic situation will not get better for decades, maybe generations. Libya may recover sooner than what we do. We will probably give them some taxpayer money to re-build their infrastructure, even while we really have no infrastructure.
It seems OBVIOUS to me that Both Gadhafi and Kim Jong Il are Heroin Addicts. Their 'Bizzare' appearance and motivations and actions seem quite Typical Junkie Behavior. This is why they seem so intractable and cling to their position so desperately. Their criminal terrorist activities put them in the same league as the global Narcotics Trade which also has had deep roots in the U.S. and British 'Black-Ops' intelligence Communities.
I believe that Obama has been on the gol;f course all week while these events unfold. He is in total control as usual (right).
And Congress left on vacation before he did and will arrive back in Washington long after he does, what's your point?
Would love to have heard what you were saying six years ago.
lsp
I believe that Obama has been on the gol;f course all week while these events unfold. He is in total control as usual (right).
Yup, we have a president who can multi-task
unlike the last one who could not walk and chew gum.
No surrender. Cool. All the reason they need to find and cap his ass.
No surrender? Yeah, that's what they said about Saddam................
Gaddafi is not like saddam. Once they are at him, he will come out, wave his hands and say, Shoot me.
This clown Fareed Zakaria likes to think he knows all and see all for us Westerners. How about it clown boy....why dont U go quietly into night with Caddaffy Duck. Muslim like this FARTWAS and DEATH etc etc..... USA needs Jerry Springer as President. Why dont U interview Jew person instead of always promoting FARTWAS of your kind.
Stupid comment. Why Jew? America is not only Jews, we have 2.6 mln Muslims too. And if you want Jerry Springer as President, I am really worry about your mental stage.
Can you believe it.. The Libyan rebels had ??.., one, two or three of Colonel Moammar Gadhafis' son's in their hands and amazingly, the one main trouble making son, who with his father, ordered 'thousands' of their own people or citizens to be killed. The Libyan citizens were killed in their homes and in the streets, in front of their families and these citizens were NOT the ones that were protesting or carrying a gun. It was 'cold blooded murder' and was ordered by Colonel Moammar Gadhafi and his son, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi. If you had the sons, including the worst of the lot, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi.., why didn't you kill him ? Until the Gadhafi family is killed.., your going to be fighting like a chicken with its head cut off. Running around, not knowing what you are doing. Since Saif al-Islam Gadhafi has been seen in public now, several times. Find the sons and you will find Colonel Moammar Gadhafi and the rest of the family and loyal friends. Once you find them.., kill them or this is going to be a longer fight and they could 'out smart you' and you'll be wondering, what the hell happened. Find them, kill them and have a taste of freedom, and work toward democracy in your country and more opportunies in life within Libya for you, your family and children. Mike in Montana
Is anyone worried that he is like Yoda! If I remember correctly Yoda is pretty important character in Star Wars. Gadhafi has the force within meaning he is skillful and wise. This war or the next is all the same with no meaning. We are always going to be at war. Why? Easy who doesn't want more power nowadays. Here are some of the few the rich, the government, crime bosses, drug lords, hackers, people like Bin Laden, Gadhafi, Hitler, Fidel Castro and many more to come. We live in World with so many I mean by the tons of wrong doing. My only hope is when humanity ends or at least a big majority of us. It will just start all over again it has before and it will in the future.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 19% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -26.
This is the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for President Obama. The previous low was -24 reached yesterday and also in September 2010. Additionally, the level of Strong Approval matches the lowest yet recorded.
I will be happy when the presidents approval hits 0% where it should be.
Do you understand polls ?
Do you think the president is doing a good job ? No.
Yould you re-elect him ? Yes.
Why ?
Have you seen the 12 nut cases running for GOP ?
Enough said.
There can't be stability in Libya again considering some powerful people's hand in the conflict. How do you expect the guns that find their way into the streets to get back. Now crimes in libya will increase more than it used to be. Thanks to those who fueled the war to maximum scale because of their own greed
This is really funny..Mr. Zakaria looks like an expert in foreign issues, however he is not. How can this guy be expert when he even does not know where Load Buddha was born..??I am just amazed by his depth of knowledge when he said that Buddha ws born in India, not in Nepal. He he he...Gud kuck Mr. Expert...
How does the little pencil necked geek know he won't surrender.
Unaware of my surroundings I am not. Though grammatically challenged I be.
Of my slander lawsuit, Mr. Zakaria and CNN will hear!
To each his own......that is his decision.
I can not believe the level of stupidity of these commentators here. It is like the critical thinking skills have been lost on these people forever. Level of bias and ignorance in this country is astounding.
Critical reflection required is not, when an article of opinions posted is.
This article sounds like a petchelant ninth grader talking about a math teacher he doesn't like. If you want to post filler articles then at least try to have something that is marginally informative.
He's more like Saddam and Bin Laden than Mubarak and Ben Ali... oh wait, Saddam surrendered and Bin Laden remained unarmed when his compound was raided. My guess is he'll be killed without resisting (Bin Laden) or be arrested, put on trial, and hung for his crimes against his people. He's too arrogant to go down fighting.
This jerk Zakaria has an opinion on EVERYTHING – - who anointed this man G-d ? He's another affirmative action Ivy League educated journalist with a big mouth keyboard ! Do not pay attention to this idiot. Fareed Zakaria is one of THE MOST notable anatomical features in media !!!!
And your opinion means what ?
He's actually very well informed. Much more so than you, obviously.
So he won't surrender. Big deal. A nicely placed bullet to that addled skull will take care of that particular problem
Better Dead than Alive . Kill the Devil Gadhafi ....... Charles Bowen Solomon Stone
Well, I guess if Moammar Gadhafi refuses to surrender, he will meet the same fate as did Osama bin Laden, although, obviously, we are not going to send our ELITE Navy SEAL Team Six after this lunatic. But I am quite certain the Libyan rebels will end up taking Gadhafi out. Then Gadhafi can join forces with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein in Hell !!!!
How do you know they're in Hell and not somewhere else deflowering their promised 72 virgins?
Must be nice to have a crystal ball and know everything.
Gahdafi is nothing but a terrorist.he funded the terriorist that brought down pan am flight 103. i hope the rebels catch him and hang his head and then take his body and burn him thats what should be done..
Wow. Vindictive much?
Of course Gadhafi will surrender – the same way Osama bin Laden surrendered.
What? You have a soft place in your heart for Osama and Ghadaffi? If your family was in the trade center or on that flight. I guess you might not feel so protective of them! So many idiots, too few who know it!
i find it ironical that kadaffi was pampered by the west not so long ago and when he refused to buy the crappy french planes, france the loser of all wars or anything important, attacked him and created a bs of a story to support their war and get lybia oil. these rebels will see how evil the french are when they get the power. they just have to ask any country in africa that was colonized by france, they are useless and thieves and still think africa is their colony. nato should have left france alone to handle this and see if they can do anything of their so called 5 most powerful country...this is a sham by france and unfortunately good countries got dragged into this...now watch france distroyed whatever good was in this country like they did in gabon, ivory coast, both congo, etc...
I'm going to be real interested in the incoming Libyan regimes stance toward France. They can't be so stupid as to not see France's ulterior motives, or forget the past.
"Interviewing Gadhafi is like Interviewing Yoda."
Come on Fareed you could come up with a better example. Don't make Master Yoda angry by using this analogy. now if You said Gadhafi = Darth Maul I would have no problems.
Fareed == Too much like Yoda. No dude, I mean you.
Fareed, you just stated during the 3:00 program that Libya was the largest country in Africa. Not so. That's Sudan.
You're wrong. Sudan is now South and North Sudan. The larrgest country in Africa is Algeria.
Fareed Zakaria is really smart on foreign affairs. This article is really funny though.
This entire adventure was concocted in London, Paris and Washington so that western oil companies could continue to profit mightily from the easiest to get and sweetest oil in the world. Western powers were happy to do business with Gadaffi as long as he wasn’t sabre rattling and supporting wild left wing causes. The rehabilitated Gadaffi was okay with the Americans as long as the pipelines flowed with sweet crude. And ironically, the average Libyan was much better off under Gadaffi than any of the previous tyrants. Better off with housing, employment, education for all and healthcare. Women flourished under his avuncular despotism. The same can’t be said for America’s intimate business partner and client state, Saudi Arabia. Then Gadaffi’s enemies organized and he responded with military force. Killing his own countrymen with such gusto eventually made him damaged goods for his western business partners. If western companies and the politicians they nourish were still to do lucrative business with oil rich Libya, they would need regime change. If Gadaffi won, business was over. They could not be seen to trade with a trigger happy butcher. Hence the NATO war to “protect civilians”. It was all about regime change from the beginning, so that business could continue under an American approved ‘good guy’ state. Unfortunately, the good guys are riddled with Jihadists, tribal militia and ex regime career politicians looking to save their hind parts. Canada should get out now and refrain in future from being led by the nose by American geopolitical machinations. The world already sees us as little more than their political and military servants.
this guy gadaffi always struck me as stange, he ran that country as a dictator pretty much like fidel did and i am glad he is not in the picture any more. look at osama no one thought he could be caugth but he was just another human who made a mistake and they caugth him with his pants down.