Puzzle pieces are starting to come together. Libya got caught red-handed & moramar decided he didn't want to be an oil spot in the sand. Object Lesson Iraq sure has sharpened GW's diplomatic skills.
There is nothing like that picture of raggedy Saddam in the rathole for diplomatic purposes. ;)
One may call it an object lesson to other terrorist supporting dictators.
Now we have two object lessons. Terrorist supporting dictators have a choice: do they want to end up like Saddam, or do they want to be smart and end up like Kadaffi.
Powell made that point to Syria.
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US urges Syria to follow in Libyas footsteps
LONDON: US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to follow in Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi footsteps and abandon banned weapons programmes to forge better ties with the West.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-1-2004_pg4_1