There was no “free world” 150 years ago.
I wonder who you think was the "G-d fearing leader of the free world"? You must have just escaped from a government school! (There was no "free world" in the 1860s and few outside of the Northern United States exhibited ANY respect for Lincoln whatsoever.)
I'm assuming that you thin Qaddafi is the one who is the "insane radical dictator," so maybe you'll share with us two or three manifestations of this insanity from the past decade or so?
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