Once a sworn enemy of the Unites States and state sponsor of terrorism, Libya has made a stunning turnaround.
With breathtaking speed, Libya has given up a program to develop nuclear weapons, surrendered its bombmaking equipment, destroyed chemical munitions shells, invited human rights inspectors to the country and opened its once-closed economy to trade and investment. U.S. officials are scouring Libya's capital, Tripoli, searching for the site of a new embassy more than 20 years after breaking diplomatic relations.
It is pretty clear to most observers that Libya's new attitude is directly related to the regime change in Iraq. We can only hope that other former enemies follow suit.
Posted by wasylik at March 6, 2004 02:00 PM | TrackBack