Excellent post. Thank you so much for that. It just goes to show that war is not always black and white. Sometimes intel is right, even if there is no massive physical evidence by the time you get there.
This story falls right in line with the war in Iraq. Where would we be today if we hadn't deposed Saddam? I'll tell you, we would be facing down two, three, or more hostile nations with nuclear weapons. Why does no one put together the facts that Libya never would have rolled over and given up N Korea/Pakistan/Iran's nuke production that was passing through his country? Without the information we gained from them that put us on the trail of the underground nuke trade, it's almost certain that we would already have lost the war against proliferation by terrorist states.
Just this event alone has justified everything we have done in Iraq, and I sleep better at night. Had we not gone... where would we be now? It's not something I like to think about.
Outstanding, Ron!
Bump for a great historical perspective and a great read.
It is all there: a liberal(socialists in any decade) press, dirty deals(insert oil for fooled), hidden weapons, a helpless UN-like League of Nations, limp wristed politicians, power grabs by the ruthless...history still repeats.