That was the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran. That's what makes the credibility of U.S. presidents so suspect. When a president really, really wants to bomb some people, all he has to do is denounce the ruler of some Middle Eastern country as the personification of evil. Human decency and world peace demand that we bomb those people for having such an evil ruler. Khadafy has been out of sight, out of mind for years.
Evil is as evil does.
If we really want to put an end to evil in the world, we should stop rewarding it politically at home. People around the world who are living under despotic rulers have enough problems without being bombed by us to send some sort of global message of moral authority. Joel McNally is editor of Shepherd Express .