American Libyan Past

Some interesting articles regarding U.S.-Libyan relations. At least the U.S. has been consistent with its policies towards Libya under Gaddhafi.

I found this tiny part from 1999 interesting:

"Nur and Iman bin Laden, two female relatives of Osama bin Laden. Abdullah Awad bin Laden will invest some of their money in a BMI real estate project. While their bin Laden family ties are intriguing, neither have been accused of any knowing connections to terrorist financing."

Even the 'Global Pax Americana' (which can be read in the link) drawn up by neoconservatives written in 2000. It called for, among other things, the overthrow of the Iraqi government.

Yet, as those with good memories will recall, Bush called for a "humble" foreign policy.

"One month later during a presidential debate with Al Gore, Bush will assert that he wants a “humble” foreign policy in the Middle East and says he is against toppling Saddam Hussein in Iraq because it smacks of “nation building” (see October 11, 2000). Around the same time, Cheney will similarly defend Bush’s position of maintaining President Clinton’s policy not to attack Iraq, asserting that the US should not act as though “we were an imperialist power, willy-nilly moving into capitals in that part of the world, taking down governments.”

As I wrote years ago, prior to 9/11, Bush sounded liberal. Post 9/11, neoconservatism suddenly found itself dictating the pace of power.