Rice travels to LIbya to meet with Qaddafi

[bluevoter4life]

Source: International Herald Tribune/ NYT

TRIPOLI, Libya: For the first time in more than half a century, a high U.S. official traveled to Libya on Friday to meet with the man whom Ronald Reagan famously called the "Mad Dog of the Middle East."

But that was then. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice traveled to Tripoli to meet a very different Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, saying that the visit proved that the United States never writes off another nation forever.

"There is a long way to go but I do be-lieve that this demonstrates that the United States doesn't have permanent enemies," Rice said as she flew to the capital.

She said she had not expected ever to make such a trip.

Read more: http://iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/africa/rice.php

[muntrv]

1. That's uh-payz-mint!!

[superconnected]

2. Now what would she be doing there.... are we going to place jets there to bomb iran?

[Haole Girl]

3. I don't even want to imagine what dirty dealings might come out of it

:-(

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I forgot. Is Quaddafi a terrorist this year or not?

[Dem2theMax]

6. Only if we don't find bin Laden.

Oh, never mind. ;)

[Doctor_J]

5. Is Rice going to meet with every terrorist/Mad Dog on Earth before the election?

I thought her boss/boyfriend said we shouldn't do that

[bluevoter4life]

7. Shouldn't be that difficult

She already works side by side with terrorist #1

[Dover]

8. Here's the bigger story for context

http://www.akhbarlibya-english.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=894&Itemid=43

[Odin2005]

9. Gee, what happened to "We don't negotiate with terrorists"?

Huh Condi? :eyes: