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The tyrant "has desires which he is utterly unable to satisfy, and has more wants than any one, and is truly poor, if you know how to inspect the whole soul of him: all his life long he is beset with fear and is full of convulsions, and distractions, even as the State which he resembles."
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi's Fingers
"If I was an Arab dictator and a western politician shook me warmly by the hand, I would count my fingers."
-- Simon Jenkins, The UK Guardian, 22 Feb. 2011, here.
Except the two-faced meddling hypocrites of the west had plenty of company: