I'm sometimes ashamed to be a Westerner. Throughout history, Westerners have conquered by violence as though they had a right to conquer and kill. Anyone who stands in our way is cannon fodder and anyone who competes with us, as Gaddafi has by trying to make Africa independent of western 'aid', evokes jealousy and retribution.

We have not set a good example to the world; we have made power and money our gods while professing to be children of God and champions of democracy. What we are champions of is hypocrisy.