| Actually, he should be able to take some credit for it, but I think most of the electorate had forgotten about it by November 2nd... |
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi says his decision to abandon nuclear weapons helped President Bush get re-elected. In an interview airing Friday on Italy's RAI TV, Ghadafi said the U.S. presidential election was America's way of rewarding Tripoli for renouncing the nuclear program. "America was very worried that Libya might get a mass destruction weapon, so they were very happy about our decision," Gadhafi said on RAI's "La Storia Siamo Noi" ("History Is Us") news show, according to an English-language transcript provided by the broadcaster. "It has been a winning hand in the last election," he said. Gadhafi renounced the weapons program last year, a turnaround that ended Libya's international isolation. In turn, the United States lifted most of its commercial sanctions, as did the European Union. The EU also eased an arms embargo. |