Monday, May 15, 2006
I suppose this is part of the carrot for the Arab world -- even the most outrageous dictators can come in from the cold, and they can even continue to spout outrageous nonsense against the West, just so long as they do it with their hands down and weaponless.
Officials: U.S. to restore relations with Libya
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will make a formal announcement Monday.
After decades of thumbing his nose at the West, which made him an international pariah, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi made an abrupt about-face after the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, renouncing support for terrorism and agreeing to give up Libya's missiles and weapons of mass destruction.
The next year, the United States ended a 18-year trade embargo against Libya and lifted a ban on Americans traveling there...
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Don't expect this to make as many headlines as the old "Bush Has Alienated U.S. From Rest Of World" stories. AP via Fox News WASHINGTON — The United States has decided to remove Libya from its list of state sponors... Read More
