more ranting on our new 'bud' libya

gaddafi is if not worse than saddam, EQUALLY evil. now tell me why we're courting them? tell me why we didn't invade THEIR country? gaddafi killed tens of thousands, he threated to have wmd (as far as i know, he very well COULD have them). on top of everything, HE'S NUTS. yet, now they're our buds. i just shake my head

U.S. courts Libya for Africa security network

By Mark Trevelyan, Security Correspondent
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - The United States is keen to add Libya to a group of nine north and west African nations with which it is working closely to deny al Qaeda a sanctuary in the region, senior U.S. military officials say.
They are concerned that a local Islamist network, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), is building up its strength both domestically and in Europe, as well as helping to funnel militants to join the insurgency in Iraq.
While the U.S. military does exchange some intelligence with Libya, the security relationship is constrained by the gradual pace of political rapprochement between Washington and a country it regarded until recently as a rogue state.
That has so far prevented Libya from joining the Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP), a group linking the United States and nine countries ranging from regional military power Algeria to impoverished Mali and Niger.
"We have nine countries in this Trans-Sahara program, we'd love to make them (Libya) number 10," said a senior official at U.S. European Command in Germany, which despite its name is also responsible for military ties with most of Africa.
"They'll be a unique partner. ... We're eager to play with them."
Libya began to end decades of international isolation by accepting responsibility for acts like the 1988 bombing of a U.S. airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland and announcing in December 2003 it was renouncing weapons of mass destruction.........