Colonel Gaddafi

It went for 90 minutes, six times longer than the time allocated, so if you’re after a full transcript you’ll have to wait until Sunday.

Not since Kruschev banged his shoe on the table has the United Nations played host to a comparable level of madness, as Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi launched a sleep-deprived rant this morning which made Fidel Castro sound succint, Boris Yeltsin look dignified and Kim Jong-Il seem sane.

I’m not suggesting that you subject yourself to the above video in its entirety - it’s only 10 minutes long, no-one has yet bothered to upload the full 80 minutes - but the first couple of minutes are worth a look, as it seems Gadaffi has been mugged by the stationery aisle at Officeworks as he takes to the podium with a mountain of yellow legal paper and pieces of foolscap, and then waves like a sports star at the crowd before delivering his opus magnum. 

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  • Cos Seven says:

    04:16am | 03/10/09

    Whenever I see people dismissing a speaker for his attitude, appearance and other non-speech-content matters I know he has spoken that truth which they cant bear to hear. What truth is that? The truth that implicates them. Read more »

  • Sam says:

    01:42pm | 01/10/09

    He spoke of how Lybia agrees with the UN Charter but doesn’t support the UN’s action (or lack thereof) in the wars that have taken place since the ratification of that charter. He also asked how Saddam Hussien, the president of a country, could be hanged in a dark room… Read more »

 

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