Susan Rice made the comments following an interview Gaddafi gave in which he insisted the people of Libya love him and denied that there have been any demonstrations against his regime.
'All my people love me. They would die to protect me,' the Libyan leader said, speaking to news organisations including the BBC, laughing off international pressure to step down.
'As if anyone would leave their homeland,' he replied, accusing western leaders of betrayal and of having 'no morals.'
Gaddafi's remarks were met with derision in Washington. Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations, said his assertion that his regime is not using force against its own people was 'delusional' and that his behaviour, which has included laughing on camera in interviews, 'underscores how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is from reality'.
During the interview, Gaddafi went onto insist that he had no official position from which he could resign: 'It's honorary. It has nothing to do with exercising power or authority.'"
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