Comments on: PSI Lacks Sweet Libya Skills https://totalwonkerr.net/2005/07/05/psi-lacks-sweet-libya-skills/ Thu, 07 Jul 2005 01:21:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Mark Gubrud https://totalwonkerr.net/2005/07/05/psi-lacks-sweet-libya-skills/#comment-51 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 01:21:29 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/psi-lacks-sweet-libya-skills/#comment-51 So, am I the only person who thinks it’s obvious that Ghaddafi (or however we spell his name here) made a deal with the US (back in Clinton days of appeasement) to run a sting on AQ Khan, in return for rehabilitation, culminating in the BBC China seizure and Libya’s subsequent “coming clean”? This would be consistent with the fact that (from Boese’s article):

Department of State spokesperson Richard Boucher later that day indicated Rice chose her words carefully because ”[t]here were other efforts being pursued in the case of Libya and Khan that contributed to successfully finding out and stopping this shipment.”

Khan could not be stopped unless he were caught in the act before the whole world (the Italian Navy was handy for that) and Ghaddafi could not betray him openly before the Muslim world. So this worked out to everyone’s advantage (other than those in the market for illicit nukes).

Moammar should probably be given a Medal of Freedom, but he’ll probably be happier with some shiny new oilrigs.

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