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Libya at the brink: who is Saif al-Islam Qaddafi? — 8 Comments

  1. Easy–he’s the Uday and Qusay of Libya.

    He’s the Gamal Mubarak of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The heir to the Leader and Guide of the Revolution.

    Until a day or so ago, at least. Hopefully a day or so from now he will either be following Uday and brother or comfortably settled into exile in Caracas.

  2. LAG: no, I believe it’s more complicated than that. I think, as I wrote, that he’s the Michael Corleone. Which would make his story more interesting than Uday and Qusay’s, although I believe it will probably the same ending as theirs.

  3. It’s also worth noting that the London School of Economics is an Ivy League-level institution. Explain again why people with doctorates are so esteemed.

  4. what compelled Saif to be the one to make that speech the other day?

    I’m guessing it is ultimately pragmatism. The problem with being Presidente for life is that you are presidente for life. There is only one way the Gaddafi clan surives this without going into exile and learning to live always looking over their shoulders for someone coming to extract a pound of flesh.

  5. neo, actually I agree with the mafia analogue. Unfortunately, even the best government sometimes carries within itself aspects of la cosa nostra.

  6. Here’s a line from James Taranto today that illustrates my last post: “Collective bargaining in the public sector thus is less a negotiation than a conspiracy to steal money from taxpayers.”

    Obviously this is not about Libya, but I think the same principle applies.

  7. Iraqi planes have strafed demonstrators and many more are reported to have died.

    Um… what? This doesn’t make any sense for at least two reasons. =)

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