Gaddafi is a caricature of the Renaissance man — a pseudo-poet, pseudo-philosopher and pseudo- soldier. Without having seen a single battle he has collected more medals than generals in an operetta. He has published verse that would make a 12-year-old blush, and ghastly novellas, partly ghostwritten by the late Pierre Salinger, President John Kennedy’s press secretary. Gaddafi has committed a “Green Book”, echoing Mao Zedong’s “Little Red Book”, full of gems that would make even the Chinese Communist despot sound profound. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6805793.ece