Pictures of free world leaders shaking the hands of Muslim leaders in the world that are thugs is suppose to shake me? Good Lord the naiveness of some.
Let’s say your child is a bully, maybe even a thug. Do you 1) ban him from your life, family, and home and treat him as a threat or 2) Do you shake his hand with caution as you explain how his life needs to change while giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Libya made a number of gestures to the world that they were changing their ways. Part of the reward for those gestures was world commerce opportunities including, yes, arms. Would you rather Libya employed another 2,500 Chinese for the same arms?
So SO Naive = you.