Has Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi followed in former Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin’s footsteps and contracted a case of syphilis induced dementia? How else to explain the following comments uttered at the Arab Summit in Doha? Gadhafi began by calling Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah a ”British product and American ally.” Not too outrageous given their previous scraps. But then when asked to shush, he went ballistic, demonstrating the extent of his craziness:
I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level
International leader? King of Kings? What? Well at least he got one thing right – the former revolutionary blowhard and now neutered ally of Western Oil companies indeed cannot “descend to a lower level.”
After his outburst, Gadhafi stormed out and took a tour of an Islamic museum. Uhm. Yeah.
Elias Friedman
3/31/2009
Considering that he only started to behave during the Bush administration, maybe he feels now that Dubbya’s out of office he can act up again. Preview of other countries also testing the new President maybe?
xisnotx
3/31/2009
this post implies somewhere,sometime,qaddafi was
sane. i dispute that.
themiddle
3/31/2009
He did cut a deal with the Bush Admin and brought his country back from the status of pariah. Doesn’t sound too insane.