> In all seriousness, I still don't get it.� Other than > such displays of force, what do you think a Qaddafi > would respond to?� As far as I can tell, _nothing_ > except force is likely to get results from someone > like him. >
There have been stories that he also responded to such things as his growing awareness of Libya's backwardness, isolation, and economic stagnation, his own approaching mortality, the death of his son, along with fear of what happened in Iraq. There are stories that this has been in the works for several years, although it may have been accelerated by what happened in Iraq. I distrust unitary explanations. Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
