i am the know a chance recently a to time former prime minister of italy, giuliano amato now 85 years old, told the media that a french air force missile accidentally down and a tale and passenger jet in the mediterranean sea back in 1980. that missile intended for gadhafi is military jet, which he did not bored. after being tipped off by the italians, gadhafi dodged that attempted assassination and many others. and his time to go on ruling libya for another 31 years after that alleged incident as reported by mister amato to eliza maggie. a veteran war correspond. it is back with us to discuss this complicated history and relationship so elijah, outside of his country. and as it pertains to the west, they had the sort of on, again, off, again relationship with gadhafi. they sometimes liked him. other times load him. you know, they painted him as something of a lunatic or, or loose cannon. but they, for the most part, tolerated him. what was the final straw with him? what drove the us to lead this campaign to not only allister him, but kill him. i mean, was it the de dollarization talk