Aint buying the Al Qaida angle, not in Libya anyway. And of all dictators in the Middle East this terrorist SOB was the worst for us, much worst than Saddam.
Fine.
First let’s admit that Gadaffi was /is/will be a terrorist and an enemy of USA and the Western world.
Two, let’s wipe him and his clan out.
Three, let’s prop a deputy of his to wipe out the Al Qaida vermin.