Moammar Gaddafi, who has called himself the 'Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,' should go down in history with the Emperor Bokassa and Idi Amin as a grotesque reminder of why people have the right to change their government.

Enlightened despots are mythical creatures; real despots seem more interested in stealing money or installing their sons after them.

It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability.

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