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2004-02-15 Africa: North

Qaddafi Did Not Give Up His Nuclear Arsenal Because of Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2004-02-15 21:27|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Iraq invasion might not have been the direct cause of the Libyan change of heart, but the the will we demonstrated in burning through the Euro/UN resistance must have helped bring matters to a head.

Also, if I were Libya, I would be getting the word out that 'they had us dead to rights, there was nothing we did to help them' rather than letting various nutbags in the region think that they are actively helping the Americans.

The truth seems to be that Libya gave us something that we did not previously have and did so because they respect and fear our 'cowboy' foreign policy. There is a reason they chose to go to the US/UK and not France.

Posted by JAB 2004-2-15 10:32:46 PM|| 2004-2-15 10:32:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The truth seems to be that Libya gave us something that we did not previously have and did so because they respect and fear our 'cowboy' foreign policy. There is a reason they chose to go to the US/UK and not France.

That is correct. Saddam had satisfied the French. Gaddafi learned from the Iraqi invasion that satisfying the French was not enough - he needed to satisfy the US that he was harmless.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-2-15 11:20:52 PM|| 2004-2-15 11:20:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Very cool. You guys are sharp.

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-15 11:39:44 PM|| 2004-2-15 11:39:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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