Has Gaddafi Totally Lost Touch With Reality?

[jordan179]

Rick Moran, in "Gaddafi seals his fate" (American Thinker, February 23rd 2011, http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/02/gaddafi_seals_his_fate.html), makes the point that Gaddafi may literally be going insane, judging by his statements. I'm

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[lather2002]

Have you ever really meant a sane Arab ? haha ';=p

[luagha]

You have to be aware of standard arabic doublethink.

"Mossad and the Jews took down the Twin Towers, blame them not us."
"Taking down the Twin Towers is a great triumph for Islam over the Great Satan."

This and other similar things can be said in the same breath. You'll find examples of it over and over.

[cutelildrow]

Zionist Sharks.

[melvin_udall]

I'm sure he's always been nuts.

I am far more concerned about the fact that our President immediately denounced the brutal-evil-Mubarak; who kept peace, was strategically important and relatively calmly stepped down, and is going to be replaced by who knows what; but can barely manage interest in the guy who says he will set his oil wells on fire and is using his Air Force to bomb his own people. Iran he wouldn't condemn when video of Neda shot in the street was available, but Mubarak must immediately step down and we condemn Israel in the UN.

Is Barry aiming for just "Necessarily skyrocket" or Wilson's second term?

But yes, G is undoubtedly a nut.

[polaris93]

But yes, G is undoubtedly a nut.

Yes, and mentally speaking, Gaddafi and Obama are blood brothers under the skin. This promises to be a very interesting year for deposing utterly incompetent nutcases -- in most cases, with extreme prejudice.

[the_hat]

[jordan179]

Libya has failed him. Libya thus does not deserve to keep its source of wealth.

Quick, nobody tell him that you can't really burn a subterranean oil deposit, or he might do something effective.

[moropus]

G has a very long, strange and violent history. I agree the best thing would be for a Libyan to shoot him. There will be a civil war if he is shot. No matter what happens next, there will be war.

[polaris93]

The ideal outcome for Libya would be if a Libyan patriot shot him, and before this can escalate into a full-blown civil war.

Seconded. What is it with these dictators who have long since overstayed their welcome among their own people, and put on grandiose, megalomanic displays guaranteed to provoke those people into finally doing something effective about the situation? Consider Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, another superannuated despot surrounded entirely by sycophants who are robbing and looting Zimbabwe and its people blind, or the late Saddam Hussein, who went to his grave protesting that he was "only doing what was right for my people"? Apparently, like an addiction to methamphetamines, an addiction to power ultimately rots the brain -- as witness.

[madwriter]

Based on what I read about the leaked cables referring to Libya, American officials have thought for some time that Gaddafi was "eccentric" at best.