Posted on 07/09/2009 3:07:03 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama Shakes Hands With Libya's Qaddafi
President Obama's gesture was his latest effort to reach out to controversial world leaders in an attempt to improve the United States' standing around the world that he says was damaged by former President Bush's unilateral diplomacy.
[Pic in URL: US President Barack Obama, right,and Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi pictured during the G8/G5 summit in L'Aquila, Italy Thursday July 9, 2009. (AP)
President Obama shook hands with Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi Thursday, a sign that relations have improved considerably between the U.S. and the North African nation.
The two met as they posed for pictures ahead of a G-8 summit dinner hosted by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
Obama's diplomatic gesture was his latest effort to reach out to controversial world leaders in an attempt to improve the United States' standing around the world, which he says was damaged by former President Bush's unilateral diplomacy.
But it was Bush who restored full diplomatic relations with Libya in 2006 after the formerly isolated country, which was recognized as a sponsor of terrorism, announced it was ending its weapons of mass destruction program.
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Good one bro......how true...
Ahhhh, I’d wish I’d killed Gaddafi.
I’d wished Gaddafi had perished in Operation Eldorado Canyon from a PGM dropped from an F-111 back in ‘86. Reagan didn’t kill him.
BHO is our #1 sworn enemy, and we’d wish we’d defeat him.
traitor
Reagan is spinning in his grave.........
This is surreal.
Qaddafi looks like the genie that was let out of the bottle. Wonder if BO gets his 3 wishes.
Let’s see, Qaddafi is both a Marxist and a Moslem. Do we know anyone else like that?
Bingo!!! hehehe
Zero seems to have an affinity for Michael Jackson mulatto Muslims.
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