Kadhafi pleads for life of US hostage in Iraq

Speaking with gun to his head, Hallums said he was appealing to the Libyan leader rather than his own government because he did not expect President George W. Bush to respond.

There’s a part of me that thinks this illustrates how screwed up things are if Hallums has to plead for his life to Kadhafi instead of Bush.

There’s also another part of me that wonders if Hallums was coerced into saying those kinds of things for the terrorists’ propaganda machine.

Story here.