On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:01:41 +0000 (UTC), Merlin Dorfman wrote:
John Keeney ) wrote:
: It is now on record that Libya earlier this year admitted to having WMD
: programs, invited in inspectors and will dismantle the programs:
: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3335965.stm
: Is this the beginning of the useful changes in the middle east that
: some suggested would follow the "more active" approach taken
: in dealing with terrorist states?
Don't know about anybody else, but (1) I don't trust Khaddafi,
He's as trustworthy as any other politician -- you can trust him to
keep doing something as long as it's in his own interests to do so.
and
(2) what would be the motivation for cleaning up his act--economics?
Is he afraid of being next on the "Axis of Evil"/invasion list?
Probably, but there's more to it than that; Gaddafi's been trying to
repair relations with the west since before Bush was in power.
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