That "gang of thugs" were operating on behalf and the behest of officially recognized goverment of Libya. They were supported by NATO air strikes and advisors plus given weapons. Your effort to delegitimize them is intellectually dishonest.
How dare you twist my words to comport with your jaded world view. I am not comparing Rush and Sarah to Qadaffi. I AM comparing the thugs who killed him to the thugs who would kill our own if they had the chance.
The US "thugs" don't have the approval of the US government or the world community. You persist in calling the government militia forces who beseiged Sirte and liberated Libya as thugs. Qadaffi and his fanatical supporters are the thugs. You are defending the indefensible.
You are the one on a moral high horse here, not me.
LOL. I am defending the actions of the government forces who meted out justice to a ruthless dictator who had killed and tortured tens of thousands of Libyans. Moreover, we have been trying to kill Qadaffi and his supporters for months. We have been using lethal force on a daily basis. And I doubt that anyone in NATO will decry or denounce the summary execution of Qadaffi nor will the government of Libya do so.
When governments support gangs of thugs the government becomes one with them. Such is how matters stand today. We hear high sounding justification for murder by those who wish to reconcile mob rule with social justice. He was killed by a frenetic mob, friend, nothing more. Do you honestly believe Obama will not formally support the efforts of union and other thugs to do his will?