Trouble with Gaddafi discussions is that people want to be in either extreme: those who feel he was from hell and those who feel he was a hero and a matyr.
Now Gaddafi was no angel. He must have been mad if you ask me but any sane person will see hi s clear strong points.
Fighting for better fuel prices, fighting for Arab Unity and later African unity, assisting African nationalist movements and improving lives of his people is big plus for him.
But supporting terror and dictators like Amin, being a heavy handed leader who was more often than not very erratic and unpredictable was his downside.
But I stand on my earlier opinion: NATO should have kept off Libya.