How odd that all the people who used to schmooze Gaddafi when he was in charge of his country and chucking money around (western politicians, entertainers, academics) have only just discovered what a bad man he is.
In the early days of the Libyan uprising, al-Jazeera English would show file footage of Tony Blair with Gaddafi, then Sylvio Berlusconi with Gaddafi, then scenes of Sarkozy warmly welcoming the crazy bastard to his modest little palace, then back to poor old mad Tony, again, endlessly repeating. One would think that it would get boring after a while, but curiously I never tired of being reminded of how easily the rich accept each other's foibles and eccentricities, in the name of class harmony.
It is truly disgusting. Even Blair, disconnected from reality as he is, must have known the truth of Gaddafi and chose to look the other way.
I'm also enjoying the various noises coming out of the LSE, about their good friend Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, son of the dictator. Everything seems to boil down to, "How civilized he seemed".
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Date: 2011-03-07 09:52 am (UTC)I'm also enjoying the various noises coming out of the LSE, about their good friend Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, son of the dictator. Everything seems to boil down to, "How civilized he seemed".