tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post6128670823392246122..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: MuammarJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-8692957637928633822011-03-04T18:00:53.354-05:002011-03-04T18:00:53.354-05:00Guy --
Quit showing off your knowledge of history....Guy --<br />Quit showing off your knowledge of history. (Although that is a very good point.)<br /><br />My guess is that the Pope's Swiss bodyguards do about as much good as do the Queen's Guard outside Buckingham Palace.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-59370105238553511532011-03-04T17:14:29.386-05:002011-03-04T17:14:29.386-05:00It seems that MG has learned from history. As I r...It seems that MG has learned from history. As I recall the Ottoman sultans used foreign originating troops who had no other domestic loyalties - the janissaries - to guard against threats of domestic rivals. Very understandable that MG should do the same.<br />(I can't figure out why the Pope still needs Swiss bodyguards, though no doubt they were very valuable in the time of the Borgias.)<br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-79802709212570105932011-03-04T16:41:13.673-05:002011-03-04T16:41:13.673-05:00Thanks Guy.
It's actually pretty amazing whe...Thanks Guy. <br /><br />It's actually pretty amazing when you think about it that he would still be in power 24 years after Lockerbie. I'm not a fan of the US getting into foreign military morasses, but we should have gone after this guy long before we ever went after Saddam Hussein.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-64974294666855400362011-03-04T16:37:14.736-05:002011-03-04T16:37:14.736-05:00Mad Dog might do well to look for a new moniker, a...Mad Dog might do well to look for a new moniker, at least until the Mad Dog of the Middle East is history.<br /><br />Interesting post. As you say, there's nothing crazy about Ghaddafi's evil but effective grip on power. Perhaps the best we can hope for at this stage is that he is taken out by a current supporter who thinks he can become the next revolutionary "hero".<br /><br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com