[The_Victor]

Is Kadhafi (sp?) senile, dead, no longer running his governement, or has he genuinely had a change of heart? Or maybe this is just an effect of the War on Terror.

[Jeff Head]

I'm sorry, but if we know that Libya is responsible (and I believe we've known it for a long, long time) ... and if they are particularly now admitting it ... then there is just one appropriate answer to such an act of war ... and it's not blood money.

Winning Iraqi Freedom

[Ebenezer]

The actual quote from Chalgam should read:

"We have taken on the responsibility for this case on the basis of the international law which states that the state takes on responsibility for what its employees do WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT'S BLESSING."

It all sounds like a plea bargain to me.

[Cicero]

Libya seems to have been responsible for Lockerbie, but there were early theories that Iran or Iraq was also involved, and that we let them off the hook because we didn't want to raise that issue. I've no idea if that is true, and I suppose we'll never find out.

This makes sense for Qaddaffi. They want to get off our list of rogue states, and they want to get the oil moving again. Qaddaffi has recently quarreled with the other Arab states, and apparently now wants to be the leader of Africa. So he makes a non-apology and a fresh start.

[joesnuffy]

sounds like credentials for a spot on some sort of UN committee ...no a charimanship for Daffy Kadafi along with Castro and Arafat (as soon as we give him a piece of Israel)

I like Pipes analogy of if the arab-muslim world were an American football field ..Israel would be the size of a pack of cigarettes in the middle...

And we want to carve half of that up and give it to the Arab-Muslims and THEN the world will be at peace...

[FirstTomato]

Its amazing what a strong President, and a strong showing of force, can do to inspire action on the part of rogue governments.