Somehow, all the years of un-enforced sanctions and impotent UN resolutions failed to get Muammar “no, seriously, I’m a complete whack-job” Gaddafi to stop supporting terrorism, building WMDs, and generally being a not-too-helpful force in the region. Now, after a couple years of Bush patiently explaining to various rogue regimes why they should be more cooperative in the War on Terror, Gen. Gaddafi has done the unthinkable – he’s considering dialogue with Israel!
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom’s bureau chief, Ron Prosor, met with a Libyan representative in Paris two weeks ago to talk about opening a dialogue between the two countries, Channel 2 reported Tuesday night.
Foreign Ministry officials would neither confirm nor deny the report, and officials in the Prime Minister’s Office said they know nothing of any such meeting. It was originally thought Prosor met in Paris with a Syrian representative to test the seriousness of President Bashar Assad’s recent conciliatory overtures.
The reported movement toward Libya comes against the background of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s recent dramatic announcement that Libya is dismantling its weapons of mass destruction, and allowing international inspections of its WMD sites.
Kuwati newspaper A-Siyasa, meanwhile, reported Tuesday that a high-ranking Israeli delegation is expected to visit Libya in the near future with the aim of laying the ground for the signing of a peace agreement.
If this works, its absolutely incredible, fantastic news. But remember – none of Libya’s moderation diplomatically or militarily has to do with Bush’s resolve. He was going to do it anyway.
UPDATE: LGF has the story along with some, lets be blunt, pretty stupid comments from readers about how Israel shouldn’t make peace with it’s neighbors because it makes Arab regimes look legitimate (as if making them look illegitimate is going to make them go away or make Israelis any safer). There’s also a reference to the story that we had yesterday from DebkaFILE.
