The Fix Is In
Published 20 years, 4 months pastI feel kind of honored whenever I find out a browser’s been altered (hopefully fixed) as a result of something I’ve done. Check out point (20) in Dave Hyatt’s recent Safari progress update. Glee! I could also feel good about point (19), which I reported as a bug a while back, but I apparently they’d known about it long before I noticed it. To see that bug in action, drop by the XFN profile document.
My optimism on Sunday regarding Libya may have been misplaced, it seems—or was it? It’s hard to tell, and CNN isn’t much help, since it’s provided information on both sides of the fence. In a summation article regarding an interview Gadhafi gave to CNN, it was stated:
Asked about his decision, Gadhafi acknowledged that the Iraq war may have influenced him, but he insisted he wanted to focus on the “positive.”
For that matter, the title of the article was “Gadhafi: Iraq war may have influenced WMD decision.” That was on Monday. I went looking for a full transcript, because I wanted to see exactly what was said, but didn’t find one. When I went back again to look on Tuesday, the article had been updated and did not contain the above paragraph. It instead stated:
Asked about his decision to dismantle programs and whether the Iraq war or the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein may have influenced him, Gadhafi questioned why Iraq had to be his role model.
The title had been updated as well, now to “Gadhafi hopes for new era of U.S.-Libya relations.” Still no transcript.
Notice that in neither case was Gadhafi’s answer on the subject of the war’s influence actually quoted. So in the absence of video of that segment of the interview, or else a detailed transcript, I’m left wondering just what the hell he really said, and whether or not I should retract some of the things I said on Sunday.
So I’ll punt on the whole thing, and just share The Hoser with everyone. Merry Christmas, eh?