The Guardian on Gaddafi's speech

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On the whole, I'm typically less enamored with Brit paper's reporting as they'll often take a great alliterative sentence over something that would help explain the story better. If they come up with a great phrase, "bumbling Brussels bureaucrats", be prepared to see it over and over again, whether or not it's relative to the topic.

 

But then again, they are very entertaining. Here's the Guardian's take on Gaddafi's speech. WIth this hilarious paragraph highlighted by Andrew Sullivan:

 

The Guardian full article

 

On his first visit to the US, and in his maiden address to the UN general assembly, Gaddafi fully lived up to his reputation for eccentricity, bloody-mindedness and extreme verbiage.

 

He tore up a copy of the UN charter in front of startled delegates, accused the security council of being an al-Qaida like terrorist body, called for George Bush and Tony Blair to be put on trial for the Iraq war, demanded $7.7tn in compensation for the ravages of colonialism on Africa, and wondered whether swine flu was a biological weapon created in a military laboratory. At one point, he even demanded to know who was behind the killing of JFK. All in all, a pretty ordinary 100 minutes in the life of the colonel.

 

To be fair, this was a man suffering from severe sleep deprivation. The US state department, New York city council and Donald Trump had prevented him from laying his weary head in an air-conditioned tent in New Jersey, Central Park and Bedford respectively, and the resulting strain was evident.

[southsider2k5]

I like the part where he said Obama should be President forever. I wonder when the DNC will start running that commerical

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More like the RNC will run the ad as proof of Obama's connection to terrorists.

[GoSox05]

Gaddafi looked heavily medicated.