John Burns: “They wanted the politicians -- the Iraqi politicians not to squander this opportunity, a peaceful election, an election…”

Gadhafi shared one characteristic in common with Adolph Hitler, who died in his own bunker by his own hand, which is that he identifies himself with the Libyan people.

He has said repeatedly that it is the duty of the people, something Hitler also said, in effect to die for him.

He is utterly resistant to any idea there could be any separation of those two entities, he is Libya.

How soon will the resistance come? Because there will be resistance at some point, just as a consequence of the basic political arithmetic of Iraq, which is that he cannot afford an open rupture with Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi army.