Gaddafi’s plausible claim to represent Africa

I was discussing Gaddafi’s hyper-ego 40 year celebrations with a colleague, and I asked him how he felt about the President representing Africa internationally. “Gaddafi is Gaddafi” he said, referring to a 40 year infamy which has seen move a ‘terrorist’, towards an increasingly popular figure in Western diplomatic circles, “everybody knows he is a loose cannon”.
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