Time: Gaddafi's Oddest Idea: Abolish Switzerland

[Louisiana1976]

In his rambling diatribe to the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi criticized the world body for being unfair to small nations. This comment struck a chord with the Swiss, since Gaddafi has been on a self-proclaimed mission to destroy their little country.

A few weeks ago, Gaddafi submitted a proposal to the U.N. to abolish Switzerland and divide it up along linguistic lines, giving parts of the country to Germany, France and Italy. Although the motion was thrown out because it violates the U.N. Charter stating that no member country can threaten the existence of another, some Swiss leaders are still concerned that Libya could use its year-long presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, which began on Sept. 15, to keep up his vitriolic attacks on their country.

Gaddafi's animosity toward Switzerland may seem bizarre — or maybe not, given the Libyan leader's all-female bodyguard squad and penchant for pitching Bedouin tents during state visits to other countries. Relations between Libya and Switzerland soured in July 2008 when Gaddafi's son Hannibal and his wife were arrested by police in Geneva for allegedly beating their two servants at a local hotel. Gaddafi was so enraged by his son's two-day detention, he immediately retaliated by shutting down local subsidiaries of Swiss companies Nestlé and ABB in Libya, arresting two Swiss businessmen for supposed visa irregularities, canceling most commercial flights between the two countries and withdrawing about $5 billion from his Swiss bank accounts.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Abolish chocolate and expensive watches?

yeah, those things are a threat to the civilized world.

[Bicoastal]

2. And outlaw Giraffes!

Of all the dictators in the world, Gaddafi seems the most like he could have stepped out of a Bond film.

Just look how he dresses, for cryin out loud:

[KamaAina]

4. Or Woody Allen's "Bananas"

"From now on, our official language (of a fictitious Latin American country) will be Swedish!"

[DBoon]

5. Austin Powers is more like it

James Bond is too serious for this guy

[B3Nut]

11. Or Monty Python....

he's just bananas. I wouldn't be the least bit shocked if he started having his hottie bodyguards clack coconuts together as he walks, and hearing him give a rant about swallows before the UN. ;)

He's an interesting character...a mad terrorist that you nevertheless find darkly amusing as a person, if only in an accident-you-can't-help-but-gawk-at kind of way. Never a dull moment with that cupcake around...

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[tjwash]

3. Shit...look in your own backyard dick-brain

The UAE is by far the most polluted river of filthy money in the world. Hell, that fucking place is so awash in it, that Halliburton moved their Corporate HQ out there, so that they could easier hide their obscene and stolen profits from Iraq. Dick Cheney lives out there part time for corns sake.

Sometimes I think that asshole just gets jealous of all the attention that Kim-Jong-Il gets.

[grantcart]

6. Switzerland, ironically is not a member of the UN, and therefore did not have to listen to it. lol

[Bicoastal]

7. Switzerland IS a member.

They joined in 2002.

[LeftishBrit]

8. Actually it is. It's the EU that it doesn't belong to.

[Beer on a stick]

9. Ha! Gaddahfi and what army? CH is damn near impregnable.

[LeftishBrit]

10. Wow

What's so bad about chalets, ski-slopes, edelweiss, glaciers and multilingualism that they all need to be abolished?