For whatever reason, Muammar Qaddafi has decided, in a letter to President Obama, to just ask if America and NATO would maybe stop bombing Libya, please? Though Qaddafi obviously doesn’t approve of the military campaign against him, he still has plenty of nice things to say to Obama, including:
Despite all this you will always remain our son whatever happened. We still pray that you continue to be president of the U.S.A. We Endeavour and hope that you will gain victory in the new election campaigne.
Obama’s first big endorsement! Anyway, back to the core of the message, “Stop bombing us”:
Obama’s first big endorsement! Anyway, back to the core of the message, “Stop bombing us”:
The best part is that clarifying last sentence. Just in case. This is too important to risk any misunderstandings. Of course it wasn’t important enough to spell Obama’s name even remotely accurately:
Yes, he did call him “Baraka Hussein Abu oumama.” If we had to guess, this is payback for the English-speaking world’s habit of spelling Qaddafi’s name about 1,000 different ways.
Text of New Qaddafi Letter to Obama [Lede/NYT]
