Please: avoid treating Qadhdhafi like he is some leftist

""Although all three have dictatorship in common, Qaddafi's Libya is quite different from Ben Ali's Tunisia or Mubarak's Egypt. The Libyan leadership is not outright subservient to the United States and the European Union. Unlike the cases of Tunisia and Egypt, the relationship that exists between Qaddafi and both the U.S. and E.U. is a modus vivendi. Simply put, Qaddafi is an independent Arab dictator and not a "managed dictator" like Ben Ali and Mubarak."  Oh, no. That is bullshit.  Qadhdafi quickly became a very managed and controlled puppet of the US.  He stopped paying a penny to the Palestinians when he was ordered by the US and Israel.  And don't forget how he sent a delegation of "pilgrims" to Israel to appease Zionists in the US.  (thanks Dale)