Gadhafi and Bush

In North Jersey this week the town of Englewood is up in arms because of a possible visit by Libyan Moammar Gadhafi; he is NYC for a UN meeting. His visit is happening just after the British released the convicted terrorist who destroyed a commercial airliner supposedly under orders from the Libyan government. That terrorist was welcomed home as a hero in Libya. No wonder people around here are all bent out of shape over this. But, why has nothing been said about G.W. Bush making a deal with Gadhafi a year or two ago. Bush took Libya off the list of terrorist supporting countries and welcomed his "help" in the Iraq war. Gadhafi is a terrorist and almost everyone around here knows it; except Bush.

Update: In 2004 Bush "resumed direct diplomatic ties with Libya" and he lifted sanctions because Libya agrees to "dismantle chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs". In 2006 Bush "removed Libya from the list of nations that sponsor terrorism" and at the same time grants "full diplomatic ties". This update is from The Record on 8/24/09 page A-6 under "Libya timeline". Maybe Bush forgot about the Lockerbie, Scotland plane bombing that killed 270 people. In 2003 Libya admitted their role in the bombing and paid $ 2.7 billion to the families of the victims. Iraq did not attack us in 2001 but we attacked them. Libya did attack and kill Americans in 1988 and we take their name of the terror nations list. Go figure.