[DannyTN]

Well actually this makes a lot of sense for Libya.

We already new about the underground facility. The likelihood is extremely high that Iran is going to get the heck bombed out of it because if it's nuclear program. Korea is just as crazy.

Kadafi had to have realized that not only was he in bed with a couple of idiots crazier than him. He also had to realize that the West wasn't going to roll over if they had the bomb.

Libya couldn't win a nuclear exchange with the West, so why have the weapons? We will soon have missle defense capability anyway.

So why take the chance that Iran or North Korea does something stupid and Libya ends up implicated?

Restoring relations with the west is the smartest thing Kodafi could do.

[faludeh_shirazi]

I can almost guarantee there won't be bombing of Iran - it's called they will announce full fledged support of IRanian people - and let the regime know if they murder any iranians they will be hunted down each and everyone of them byt he West and they will never live a peaceful day again... HOpefully the regime will step aside form power... they will then be tried if not killed.. - they are the BLOODY MURDERES who have killed hundreds of thousands..

[Filibuster_60]

The contrast should be laid bare for North Korea and Iran: Saddam defied the US and now sits in prison, Kaddafi chose to cooperate and will now win US investments. This is carrot-and-stick diplomacy at its best.

My only wonder is, will Bush grant the same benefits to North Korea & Iran if they follow Libya's example? Doing so would signal an acceptance of peaceful coexistence - not what the Bush doctrine recommends for rogue states.