The only change is how the media portrayed him. He didn't change at all. The US propaganda machine is great at sitting up straw men for us to hate, then changing their stance completely when the next hot issue comes along. Big bads in the past who are now either our friends or at least no longer receiving vilification in the media: Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Vietnam, Castro, Hugo Chavez, etc.. Even Bush II changed the rhetoric on Osama, who went from being the worst evil of all time to being insignificant in the grand scheme.
When the latest rebellion started in Libya, the conventional wisdom was the regime would collapse as it did in Egypt so the march of Middle East countries becoming "Democracies" could roll on unabated. What didn't happen, and people started being killed in mass, it gave the NATO countries, especially France, the PR opening they needed to be able to bring down Gaddafi, which they have long wanted to do. On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That was then..I do remember it. > but he seemed to have made a complete 180 since then, and I can't recall any > reports of issues with him. > In fact several US stars held a concert just the other day in Libya. > > Before this uprising, I can't recall any recent issues with him and the US, > or other Western states. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335684 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
