Why Did The CIA Takedown Gaddafi?

March 2011, Libyan rebels rise against Muar Gaddafi . What at first appears to be a spontaneous uprising is in reality the culmination of a carefully managed top secret 30-year-old CIA operation . The goal here is to get rid of Gaddafi, to overthrow him . For decades, America has been plotting to remove the man it branded the mad dog of the Middle East . Gaddafi was a chief sponsor of terrorism . They wanted him out. They wanted to make an example of him because there's evil in this world . Evil's got to be dealt with. What few people know as the rebellion against Gaddafi unfolds is that the man leading the uprising is in fact a longtime CIA contact . Khalifa Hafta and his left tenants were trained by the CIA to remove Gaddafi . It was a bunch of Libyans, you know, you give him arms, say, "All right, go get rid of Gaddafi." His relationship with the CIA dates back to the 1980s