„It‘s not an American business, that‘s number one,“ said Gadhafi, who was dressed casually as he spoke with Amanpour. „Second, do they think this is a solution? Of course not.“

„[Obama] says if a person can only keep control by using force, then legitimacy is gone,“ Amanpour pressed. Gadhafi responded, „Right, but what happened? We didn‘t use force. Second, we still have people around us.“

Amanpour noted the extensive reports of attacks on Libyan civilians in recent weeks.

„Show me a single attack, show me a single bomb,“ he told her. „The Libyan air force destroyed just the ammunition sites. That‘s it.“