Quoted in Reuters piece on Qaddafi
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 12:01AM 
Ever get the feeling that, if Hugh Hefner was a Middle Eastern dictator, he'd be Qaddafi? Right down to his hundreds of buxom young babe bodyguards?
Piece by Peter Apps entitled, "Could Libya war crimes talk just entrench Gaddafi?"
My bit near end:
Others say that -- like the threat of economic sanctions or military action -- at the end of the day the prosecution threat may simply become another diplomatic bargaining chip.
"A war crimes indictment demonstrates the resolve of the international community," said Thomas Barnett, chief analyst of political risk consultancy Wikistrat. "To the extent that it pushes an embattled leader into a corner, it can likewise be retracted as part of the collective bargaining for an acceptable exit scenario for the leader, his family and top associates."
Covered this subject, naturally, in this week's CoreGap Bulletin.
Reader Comments (1)
It's very difficult to put together any type of sensible plan when you are dealing with someone who is not mentally stable. I don't buy the theory that the comic opera uniforms and the female bodyguards are just "theater." I think this guy has some bats in his belfry. Imagine him getting his hands on nuclear weapons.