One led a monarchy and exercised absolute rule to stop rebellion through deadly force.
The other was elected president of a republic, and although did not have the authority, exercised absolute rule to stop secession through deadly force.
Both killed their own people to retain power...one has in the tens of hundreds, and the other in the hundreds of thousands.
One will be either killed or exiled.
The other had a massive building built in his honor.
Qaddify is dong this to keep power. Lincoln did it to keep the Union together.
That is the difference.
Frankly the Lincoln haters sound exactly like the Palin haters on the left.