"You will always remain our son whatever happened,"
Obama, who since his inauguration has received three letters full of fatherly affection from the Libyan leader, did not respond. In Gaddafi's letter, addressed to "Mr Our dear son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu Oumama," the Libyan leader reiterated his characterization of the rebels as "al Qaida gangs." He recalled Obama's repeated statements "that America is not responsible for the security of other peoples."
"That America helps only. This is the right logic," Gaddafi wrote, adding, "As you know too well democracy and building of civil society cannot be achieved by means of missiles and aircraft, or by backing armed members of al-Qaida in Benghazi."
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton rebuffed the appeal from Gaddafi and demanded he withdraw his forces and go into exile. "Gaddafi knows what he must do," she said."There needs to be a ceasefire , his forces need to withdraw from cities they have forcibly taken at great violence and human cost. There needs to be a decision made about his departure from power and ... from Libya," she said.
Gaddafi wrote. "We Endeavour and hope that you will gain victory in the new election campaigne. You are a man who has enough courage to annul a wrong and mistaken action," he added, in idiosyncratic spelling and capitalization.
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