While mother's day demonstrators in Albany were already worrying about the next war, fearing the bombing of Iranian civilians, the Bush administration was preparing to hail Libya as the example of a reformed state.
Monday, State Secretary Condoleezza Rice announced the final steps towards full diplomatic relations with the Gadhafi regime. After being branded a terrorist State for more than a quarter of a century, the evolution began when Colonel Gadhafi immediately denounced the 9/11 attacks. Condoleezza Rice stressed that the turning point was December 2003, when Libya decided to cooperate fully with the international community and revealed its secret nuclear installations, its programs for developing weapons of mass destruction, and some information about the A.Q. Khan proliferation network.
North Korea and Iran are called to meditate on this example that aims to proove that no sinner is beyond redemption for this administration. It just might help a bit that oil will part of that future rich relationship between the former foes.