[cynicom]

Maybe the Libyans fear an invasion by the French or the Canadians?????

[Shermy]

Wheelus

[HAL9000]

Seif al-Islam, in comments published Wednesday in the Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat, also said British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush would visit Libya in 2004.

I'm trying to picture President Bush and Khadafi standing together at a joint press conference.

Hopefully, Khadafi won't be wearing one of his drag queen outfits.

[hosepipe]

[ CAIRO (AFP) - The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has said the United States has committed itself to providing security for the country and that US officials will travel there soon to ascertain its needs. ]

Inbreeding, stupidity, what... man somebody in the state department is good at propaganda... ummmm.. but I believe the republican party is conservative.... DUUH!..

nevermind...

[gatorgriz]

From a purely tactical standpoint this might not be a bad idea; provided of course Libya does what it says it will do, in fact... And that as we all know is very, very questionable at this time.

Having said that, establishing military bases in both Libya and Iraq, would, I believe go a long way toward bringing some sense of stability to the region...

One can only hope. But I would say this, without the leadership of our President, none of this would have, or could have, ever been contemplated. Certainly not under Dizzy, the Breck Girl, Weasel Fart, or any of the other dwarves...

[AgThorn]

So now we are selling protection? Having two son's in the military, one that is about to get his time in Iraq stretched most likely due to poor planning on the military's part, this is not sitting well with me.

So when are we becoming the worlds' policemen? This is enough to make this died in the wool Republican into a Democrat ... well, maybe it will take more but I am not happy with this kind of news at all.

[Redcoat LI]

Whatever fashion problems he might have,it's never a bad idea to get on the good side of the most powerful nation on the planet.

[uncbob]

Still remember back in the 80s ALL the liberal geniuses predicted that REAGAN'S attack on Khadafi would make him a hero to the arabs and they would all rally to him and he would become a huge force against America

[EGPWS]

The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has said the United States has committed itself to providing security for the country and that US officials will travel there soon to ascertain its needs.

Not until Dubya' proclaims such a commitment will I take it to heart.

Has he? If so I have missed it.

[marron]

"The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has said the United States has committed itself to providing security for the country and that US officials will travel there soon to ascertain its needs."

If one was paying attention, Khaddafi has actually been hinting at this for some time, so its not a complete surprise. I was surprised anyway. I pride myself in seeing things coming before they do, and while I sort-a saw it coming it still made my head spin around. It hasn't entirely stopped spinning.

Khaddafi first signalled the change back when he launched a tirade against his Arab brother-states for their failure to support Libya, and announced that Libya was thenceforth an African country, not an Arab one. His remarks that were more-or-less supportive of the US on the Afghan war and the overall war on terror, his earlier decision to hand over the Lockerbie suspects followed by his recent decision to pay off the families of the victims told me that he was ready to come out of isolation.

I have met Americans who worked in Libya during the embargo, although not recently, but I assumed that Americans were still there. He never let politics get in the way of his oil industry, and US oil workers seldom do either.

If this opens the door for US firms to operate there openly, that will be good news for some of us. Actually, it probably means that the wages will come down, so maybe thats good news for Khadaffi.

[Grampa Dave]

Krazy Kadaffy is not stupid.

The $oddomite stood up against GW and tried to stand up the military power of our military and look at what happened to him, twice.

Krazy Kadaffy on the other hand will get the US military to protect him if he cooperates.

[AdmSmith]

A 1998 attempt by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group to assassinate Kadhafi led Libya to crack down on Islamist opposition and reportedly issue an arrest warrant for bin Laden. Kadhafi has shared intelligence on AQ for many years and he and his son understand that the logical consequence of our mutual interest to get rid of the islamists is to cooperate 100 % with the West. The threat to his throne is fundamentalist islam.