[Prodigal Son]

With all the interaction between terrorists and sponsor states, it doesn't make any difference who was guilty *when* anymore.

Hmmm. I don't disagree with you out of principle. Since 9/11, I've been in the "bomb everyone let God sort 'em out" mode and still am- but think about it. If Libya's name had never been connected to Lockerbie- would their country's name be so stigmatized now? We hate Libya... because of Lockerbie. Libya, recently and since 9/11 has made many "nice gestures" towards our country including the radical statement (for an Islamic country) that "the USA has a right to defend itself".

All I'm saying is- if this is true, it is extremely relevant and being as how Ghadafi is making concilliatory noises, it might not be such a bad thing to acknowledge it if it's the truth. It was a different admin that bombed Libya, they support our bombing Afghanistan etc and they have a lot of oil. If we were suddenly on nice/nice terms with Libya- Saudi wouldn't seem like such a good buddy any more.

Flame away.

[Nix 2]

No flames, so. You are right on this. I would like to know more about the Libyan ties to the Nation of Islam here in the US first. But if that is clean, I have no real disagreement with you.

[jimtorr]

Lybia is not clean in the terror game, either. Lybia is one of the places that Al-Quida members were fleeing to during early stages of the recent unpleasantness in Afghanistan. However, they did start arresting the Al-Quida folks after the collapse of the Taleban. Yemen, The Sudan, Somalia, Syria, France, Germany, England, Canada and even Pakistan, Iran and Indonesia have cracked down on the terrorists they've been harboring.