Why was Muammar Gaddafi hated?

How can you adequately describe someone like Col Muammar Gaddafi? During a period that spanned six decades, the Libyan leader paraded on the world stage with a style so unique and unpredictable that the words "maverick" or "eccentric" scarcely did him justice. read more

The other reason is because Algeria wanted him to die. Egypt and Chad both hated him, but their concerns over the Middle East and Sudan made them less focusing on Libya. read more

Gaddafi was a dictator, he supported many questionable cause and held on to power for too long, and it is best that he goes now, but while we celebrate his removal let’s not completely erase our memories of what else he did, or forget why many of us were also, from time to time, rather proud of him, frustrating as he may have been. read more