Here is a transcript of the Libyan dictator's Wed Sept 23 speech; the video of the 96-minute bloviation is also at this link. One blogger offers highlights of what Washington Times pundit Wes Pruden called--referring to last week's gaggle of speeches and resolutions that will accomplish nothing--"the Children's Hour":
1. Gadaffi called Barack Obama his son: “I extend our congratulations to our son President Obama because he attends with us the General Assembly meeting for the first time as President of the United States of America.”
2.Gadaffi implied that swine flu is an artificial form of biological warfare: “Perhaps Swine Flu is one of these viruses that were not controlled and it is produced in laboratories as war weapon.”
3. Gadaffi compared himself (and other disliked dictators) to Julius Caesar: “Once Rome has voted for Julius Caesar to be a dictator and the Senate gave him the authority to be dictator because they thought that dictatorship was useful to Rome then. This is an internal affair. Who can say to Rome , why did you that? That is making of Caesar a dictator ruler!”
4. Gaddafi, an hour into the speech, insulted the General Assembly: “I woke up at 4am, before dawn! You should be asleep! You’re all tired after a sleepless night!”
5. Gaddafi compared the General Assembly to the kooks in Hyde Park: “You make your speech and then you disappear. That’s all you are right now.”
6. Gaddafi then compared the General Assembly to al-Qaeda: “This is terrorism, like the terrorism of al-Qaeda. Terrorism is not just al-Qaeda, it takes many forms.”
7. After calling Barack Obama his “son,” he then gives the President another backhanded compliment: “Now the black man doesn’t have to sit in the back of the bus, the American people made him president and we are proud of that. We would be happy if Obama stayed president of America forever.”
My Take
I missed the speech, but noted 96 minutes + solving JFK assassination (Israel did it--probably the father of one of the 5,000 Jews who stayed home on 9/11). Better to save jet lag would be to put the UN in Libyan desert, where Gaddafi likes to pitch his tent. Might have trouble persuading the escort services & limos to relocate, but parking problem is over forever. I wish he had spoken 96 days, with delegates forced to listen! And how about making Gadaffi next Secretary-General? He is perfect choice. Apparently, he tore up UN charter & his interpreter collapsed during his speech!
The Times Online piece notes that all-comers' record for UN windbaggery is an 8-hur speech by India's then-Defense Minister, V.K. Krsihna-Menon,, in 1957.
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