Muammar Qaddafi, who had become gratifyingly less belligerent since the Reagan administration’s 1986 airstrikes, subsequent economic sanctions, and the U.S. invasion of Iraq, came out of his box during a visit to Italy on June 11. “What’s the difference,” he asked in an address to Italian legislators, “between the U.S. airstrikes on our homes and bin Laden’s actions?”

Recommended Stories

UFC fighter says he called Michelle Obama a man as a ‘compliment’

Preserving due process on college campuses

Duckworth says US strike on Venezuelan boat opens Americans to similar attacks