Say Anything Blog

With everybody focusing on the hand-over of sovereignity to the new Iraqi government another bit of good-news has been largely overlooked. The United States has officially re-established diplomatic ties with Libya.

Washington Post - The Bush administration formally resumed diplomatic relations with Libya yesterday, demonstrating continued faith in Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi and his assertions that he has renounced terrorism and a quest for weapons of mass destruction.

With a letter from President Bush and the ceremonial opening of a U.S. Liaison Office in Tripoli, the administration took the firmest step yet in officially restoring a relationship that was severed 24 years ago because of Libya's support of terrorism.

The practical effects of yesterday's move will be negligible, since the liaison office has been operating for about two months, said a State Department spokesman, who likened the event to a ribbon-cutting. But it solidifies the U.S. administration's political rehabilitation of Gaddafi.

Just more proof that unilaterlism works. When Gaddafi saw that our President not only talks tough about terrorism but backs it up as well he fell all over himself to re-establish dies with the rest of the civilized world.

I still don't think we should trust Gaddafi but its encouraging to see him renounce the ways of terrorism and move toward making Libya a free and democratic nation.