I never knew a guy who was leader of a country that the press couldn't figure out how to spell his name. Was it Quaddafi? Or maybe Khaddafi? Or what about Quaddafy, or Gaddafi?. There's more, but, who knows? In fact, you can never for sure what is going on in foreign places. But, if what we have been hearing in the press is halfway right, one can't blame the Libyian people for wanting a new government.

Khaddafi, or however you spell it, had worn out his welcome. He would have been much better off to say, "ok, I've been in long enough, let's get some new blood in." But, he succombed to the human frailities and couldn't let go. So he was forced to do so.

One thing I found interesting, was a statement made by Jim Miklashevski, or however you spell, the long time pentagon correspondent for NBC news. On the Today Show yesterday morning, as the news was congealing that Khaddafi had been killed, Matt Lauer went to "Mik," and asked him about whether or not they could confirm the claim that Quaddafi had been killed. "Mik" said that, "no" they couldn't. But then he said something that I bet has gotten him in trouble. And that is, and this isn't an exact quote, but I know that it would be close, "but with the US having CIA folks on the ground there, I'm sure that soon they will know for sure one way or another."

Oh really? And what ever happened to "no boots on the ground?" I guess the CIA don't wear boots, and so that they don't count as "boots on the ground." Nonetheless, the CIA doesn't like to be "outed" at all, and Mik did just that. I don't recall any other media reporting that. And such a veteran reporter. Anyway, I found it all very fascinating. But I have to congratulate Mik and NBC for having the courage to report it.