(a story which was shamelessly reversed from time to time to reflect the west's immediate interests)

It's only a few years since Ghadaffi was declared an example for the Arab world, By George W. It's only a few years since guest of honour Ghadaffi pitched his tent at Nicolas Sarkozy's guest palace for five days while spending a few hundred million on products of the French arms industry. When was it again that the British government didn't see a problem organising the rendition of anti Ghadaffi refugees back to Tripoli? Do we need mention the nights with Silvio Berlusconi and Ghadaffi's 'amazons? Do we need go on at all about this? Let's at least not pretend that it has only recently become known the colonel was a vicious madman.