Dealing with Dictators: My Meeting with Muammar By Romesh Ratnesar Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 Libyans step on a carpet showing the defaced image of leader Muammar Gaddafi on Feb. 25, 2011, in Benghazi John Moore / Getty Images About a year and a half ago, I spent some time with Muammar Gaddafi. He was in New York City to address the U.N. General Assembly and was staying in a nondescript concrete buil..