Something Crazy For Everyone In Gadhafi U.N. Speech

AP Photo/Richard Drew

Moammer Gadhafi called for the dissolution of the U.N. Security Council and investigations into the murders of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King during an address at the United Nations today, offering bones to both right- and left-wing nuts all over the world.

Mixing good sense in with craziness like all the non compos mentis, Gadhafi also gave a critique of the U.N. and told them to stay out of countries' internal affairs, noting that ancient Romans had the right to grant dictatorial powers to certain men in the event of emergency.

Standing for 90 minutes in front of the General Assembly and rambling with no prepared speech, Gadhafi instead paged through a copy of the U.N. Charter, offering his reflections interspersed with long pauses as he read through the material (see the priceless video).

After noting how much he approved of the preamble, he went on to say: "No one is objecting to the preamble, but everything that came after that is contradiction of the preamble. The preamble says the nations are equal whether they are small or big. Are we equal in permanent seats? No, we're not equals," referring to the fact that the five victors of World War II hold permanent vetos in the Security Council.

He also noted that 65 wars have taken place since the creation of the Security Council, calling it the "terrorism council" and wondering why the entire continent of Africa had no seat on it, reproved U.S. wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Grenada, said Obama was a "son of Africa" and the world would be happy for him to be president forever, condemned Abu Ghraib and the hanging of Saddam Hussein, said "perhaps America will be targeted again, perhaps by a rocket and tons of heads of state will die," and called for global unity in confronting climate change and food shortages. Funny. We've heard people say all of these things at NYC cocktail parties.

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By John Kuhner in News on September 23, 2009 3:09 PM

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Mr Mel

Farrakhan has been a puppet of Gadhafi for many years. He has been funded by the Libyan for many years. I"m no fan of Ex President Reagan, but he knew how to handle this despot.

marcyd

I wouldn't call questioning who assasinated JFK crazy, especially compared to the other crazy things he said.

longacre

A dictator who never bothers to promote himself above the rank of Colonel is clearly insane.

JackoPaidOffVictims

A lot of people forgot (or don't know) that Gadafi partially funded the 1972 Munich Olympic terrorist attack against Israeli & American (David Berger) athletes.

He later gave military funerals to the dead Palestinian terrorists involved in murdering the civilian athletes.

Yesterday the Muslim Brotherhood & Louis Farrakhan welcomed Gadafi the terrorist on 48th & 2nd Ave.

NannyState

He wasn't that bad for us back in the day, his operatives always flew Pan Am.

JohnTheDesigner

Why this guy has a platform at the UN is beyond me, and is yet another sign of UN-ineffectiveness. Dissolve the UN and take it's budget and offer it as business loans to developing countries.

ckl

best 90 minutes of my day

love the ragtag scribbled-in-the-car-on-the-way notes.

Papercutninja

does anyone else think he looks like a villain from a bad 1980s sci-fi movie?

Tgirl

Moammer: David Patterson called, and he wants his mustache back.

jibbly

Win!

Soggy

HA! Now we know where it went.

ddlystar86

he looks nuts.

Shinobi Shaw

I hate to say it, but he made some good points. Still does not excuse his own actions, but nonetheless....

Mr. Shankly

He was later heard to mutter, 'And get off my lawn!'.

Matt Joyce

Why haven't the NYPD arrested this tool yet? I don't understand. He's a terrorist... this is what they've been training for for the past 8 years... THIS IS THEIR CHANCE!

They can finally bag a real live terrorist. What is stopping them!?!

Kojak

He's also a head of state and is granted diplomatic immunity by US/UN law. You don't want to go there.

He walks.

Matt Joyce

That's absurd we arrested Noriega. And we can easily argue that he is not a head of state and that Libya does not in fact have a central functioning government and is in fact ungoverned wild territory.

Kojak

Remember we supported Noriega and propped him up until what he was doing was no longer in OUR best interests. And we kinda went in and took the man out anyway. It was an invasion.

You can't apprehend a Head of State visiting on the Diplomatic visit to the UN General Assembly. Other countries won't stand for it and the UN cannot function within the US if we are to be so vindictive.

Matt Joyce

He was directly linked to a terrorist attack launched against US citizens by an intelligence officer of his own country.

That is an act of war. We can seize him at our leisure.

And as I said before... we don't have to recognize the sovereignty of Libya. If the UN wants to move they are welcome to, but inside the continental US and outside the halls of the UN... the UN has almost no jurisdiction.

FunChop

And the US government has been directly linked to some of the worst terrorist actions of the last half-century. Why won't we extradite members of previous administrations when they're on trial for war crimes in other countries?

Matt Joyce

Funchop that's a load of crap. And you are dumb.

thefacts

FunChop, ignore the uninformed.

Ronald Reagan sent in USAF jets to Libya that deliberately killed Quadaffi's children!! If Quadaffi is guilty of terrorism, then Reagan and the USA is guilty of infanticide.

Let's not forget the firebombing of Dresden, a non-military target, killing 100,000 civilians by our allies the Brits, the overthrow of the democratically-elected governments of Jacabo Guzman in Guatemala in 1954, Mohammed Moassadeq in Iran in 1953, Salvador Allende in 1973, the invasion of Laos, the Bay of Pigs, the bogus Iraqi War looking for the tooth-fairy of WMD. The list goes on and on.

The pot shouldn't call the kettle black. Or: let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

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FunChop

True dat, facts.

Funny how rabid conservatives like MattJoyce overlook the many, many horrible things that our government has perpetrated. I mostly blame our system of selective education which results in the majority of Americans having no idea of the kinds of monkey business that our government has been up to.

Matt - please refute these points that thefacts brings up, point by point, and clearly explain how, in the eyes of those on the other side of our guns and bombs, that we're not the biggest, baddest terrorist on the planet.

Further, please define the difference between "terrorism" and "counter-terrorism" in such a way that justifies our use of force from the perspective of those who we've decimated (ostensibly to appropriate the rights to their material resources and labor).

WesleySnipesAlot

LOL WUT

longacre

"Are we equal in permanent seats? No, we're not equals," referring to the fact that the five victors of World War II hold permanent vetos in the Security Council.

Wow, that is truly a groundbreaking revelation, Colonel. I'm sure the key members will get to work on eliminating this discrepancy immediately now that it has been brought to their attention.

Kojak

"No, we're not equals," referring to the fact that the five victors of World War II hold permanent vetos in the Security Council."

I agree with him there. South Africa and Brazil should be on the SC.

Kojak

Oh, and Remove France please.

airtech1

Funny. We've heard people say all of these things at NYC cocktail parties.

Eavesdropped on someone or other's dinner with Andre and heard the same...