Stupid and insipid remark

But I’m unknown so I could be presented as just another Foreign Ministry functionary.

Seriously, if anyone from the CIA is reading this (Kev says we’re being watched): I’d really do it, and I’m not even asking for money.

Baxxter, you are not that qualified in the sense that you are such a harmless chap. KMB is much more qualified than you are – I mean he is an expert in mediation, that’s for sure. And besides, the loss for the coalition will still be ZERO.

Can I do the strapping? Pulleezz?

Bear in mind that the UN SC resolution stops far short of ordering Gaddafi’s indictment or capture, let alone his death. So the best that anyone can do is to kill him covertly, or assist the rebels in killing him. Reward posters are just not on.

Besides, we all know what happened the last time any president tried the ‘died or alive’ speech. “We’re smokin’ ’em out, gettin’ ’em runnin’.” Yeah.

There are still so many ways in which you can kill Gaddafi. Here’s one, off the top of my head.

The Maltese government ostensibly offers to mediate. They send me (and I’m qualified) to visit Gaddafi, with explosives strapped around my body. I hug him, and blow myself up, taking him with me. That’s the high-risk, quick-return option.

There is an expression which explains their type of leadership.
It’s called: Leading from behind.

Baxxter, you are assuming I am one of today’s kids.

I agree with you that there have been zero casualties, but we haven’t seen the most important casualty either: Gaddafi.

Rather than giving two day’s notice of an important broadcast to the world (which he was not good at anyway), the predecessor of the man crossing his arms above would by now have sponsored a “Gaddafi – Wanted: Dead or Alive – Reward: $10 billion” campaign “out there in the West” (of Libya).

Oh come, both of you. The war only started last Saturday. I know today’s kids have a five-minute attention span, but jeez….

There is so much to enjoy in this war. For one thing, there have been as yet zero civilian casualties caused by Coalition raids. And quite possibly zero casualties of all sorts. Gaddafi’s people have yet to produce a single corpse to back up their “dozens of dead” claims.

Precision weaponry has come a long way since 1999 or 2003. There were some photographs of a mobile radar installation doing the rounds of the papers a few days ago. Anyone noticed the trees overhanging the burnt-out skeleton of the radar? Their leaves weren’t even singed.

All those millions spent on various reconnaissance systems, smart bombs and data uplinks are paying off.

Now we enter phase two. (Not my words, but those of the Mahmoud Jibril, leader of the Libyan National Council in a letter to Sarkozy). That’s when the rebels consolidate their positions and advance on Tripoli. They asked for anti-armour weapons.

We should oblige. And throw a bone to the Russians, who’ve been feeling left out of the whole thing. I don’t blame them. They signed a $ 5-billion defence contract with Gaddafi just weeks before the war. Who’ll be paying up now?

So buy some of those fabulous Russian anti-tank systems, which proved their worth against Tsahal in Lebanon (ah, the RPG-29…), buy a shedload of AK-47s, and covertly arm the rebels. Ensure air cover and they’ll be hanging Gaddafi by the balls before you can say “arcidemokratiku”.