[RightWhale]

Khadaffi was always a rational man, although he concealed this fact with unusual effectiveness esp. early in his political career.

[Da_Shrimp]

Khadaffi was always a rational man, although he concealed this fact with unusual effectiveness esp. early in his political career.

I agree with you on that: he made a big thing of cocking a snook at the West early on, but once the chips were down, he's been desparate to get back in favour.

[longtermmemmory]

especially after reagan stood up to him and bombed the cr*p out of him.

It seems the Bush doctrine is reaping dividends we had not anticipated.

It will be interesting to see the future libyia that forms.