You'd have to be pretty dumb not to be cynical, Gaddafi was pitching his tent in Central Park two years ago while the Scottish government was releasing the Lockerbie Bomber as a political gift to the regime. What changed to make him a tyrant two years later? Well rebel fighting in the country flaring up was going to affect oil production, and a war of attrition between Gaddafi and the rebels was certainly not good for the West. So they had to make a swift decision in backing the rebels to get this whole irritating mess over with as quickly as possible (as backing Gaddafi with military support would have been obviously out of the question).
I was being sarcastic Mick. I have no problem wth cynicism as long as it's well meant. What I can't be bothered with is the anti-war people moaning about the war being about oil while driving around in their 4x4s and flying off once or twice a year in gas-laden aeroplanes. Not to mention all the other things they need in their lives which are dependant on oil (agriculture for example). If people were that concerned about the war being about oil they should leave their cars at home, turn all their appliances off when not in use and holiday in Britain using only public transport.
I am posting this from my secret London hideout, where I am claiming benefits under a false name I'm off to a plastic surgeon now
Wasn't it El Hadji Diouf who got lambasted about three months back for stating he was friends with some members of the Gaddafi family? The British media jump all over someone for telling the truth, that he was friends with members of a regime who were attending all sorts of high level diplomatic functions only months previously in Britain. Now, despite the Gaddafis being true to their own previous form, they become something which is evil to be associated with - because the British state has decided that they are now an enemy once more. It's the seemingly unquestionable moral authority of the state to tell us who and what is right or wrong, and the toothless nature of the media when faced with an obvious about turn from the government which irritates the hell out of me.
Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado and some other pop star handed over money to charities becuase they played at a private party for Gaddafi and got paid millions. The thing that pickled me was he wasn't this sweet old man and then turned into a monster overnight he has been torturing and murdering for years.
I dount Gaddafi is even still in Libya ... He'll be a in ncie safe house in a friendly country (like Scotland).
He's a dictator, which makes him weak and feeble, so he will likely flee libya at the first chance he gets.
COLONEL Gaddafi has asked Tony Blair if he can stay in his guest room for a while. The Libyan dictator expects to be homeless or dead by lunchtime but would accept the offer of safe passage if the former UK prime minister can put him up until he gets something else sorted out. As fierce fighting surrounds Gaddafi's compound the leader was desperately trying to track down Blair on his mobile phone to check if the guest room had ensuite facilities and how they should arrange the whole laundry, food thing. Amid the deafening sound of gunfire and mortar explosions, Gaddafi told Blair's voicemail: "I'm thinking either we take it in turns to do a wash or I do the laundry and you do the cooking." Shouting until he was hoarse, Gaddafi added: "I'm not into this whole separate shelves in the fridge thing. I'll just eat with you guys and bung in twenty quid or something, yeah? "Happy to stay in the London house obviously, but would be great if I could use the big place in the country as well. "I HAVEN'T PLAYED TENNIS FOR AGES." But Blair's spokesman said: "It's always really awkward when someone gets the wrong end of the stick, isn't it? Tony always said Colonel Gaddafi could use the guest room as long as he wasn't under indictment for crimes against humanity. "Plus, he's going to be away for a few days so... you know." The spokesman added: "He's not being a dick about this, but Colonel Gaddafi clearly thinks they are better friends than they actually are. Tony is genuinely sorry if he gave him the wrong impression. "It would actually be a lot better for everyone if he could just stop phoning us and get shot in the face."
I don't think all dictators are weak and feeble. Julius Caesar for example, despite his faults, was a man of great courage and fortitude.
He'll move to Urugauy for a couple of years and then do the after dinner circuit where he'll get an absolute mint and everyone will forget about his previous misdemenaours because he does some decent mother in law jokes and gives a few bob to charity.
