Blair shakes with Qaddifi, is Osama next?

[sweetheart]

The residents of Lockerbie, Scotland, have a similar fate to the
9/11 families, and the terrorist-in-chief of the attack that killed
hundreds and many in their villiange (flight 103)... that terorrist
in charge has shaken hands with the British head of state.

Given this precedent, why not Osama Bin Laden next? It seems we are
getting to the forgive and forget stage of this banal war.

Would you have a problem if we made peace with Osama, and Bush
shaking his Bin Laden buddie by the hand, with a strong happy
pump shake. "I'm so glad we could put the past behind us."

You may say its absurd. I assure you that Quaddafi was no less of
a terrorist threat in his day. Our bizarre standards of diplomacy
never cease to amaze me.

Would you advocate shaking on it and making peace with Osama?

[alexwcovington]

1. Qaddafi's had time to think it over

And I think he at least realizes that fighting the western world is getting him nowhere.

Osama and Al-Qaeda are a whole different situation... they are beating on us now, not 20 years ago.

[sweetheart]

2. The statute of limitations

on terrorist acts then is 20 years... so if osama can wait it out
perhaps he'll be able to shake hands with Ewan Blair's government. (tony blair's teenage son).

It shows what a grey area this terrorism law thing is, and that any
mass murderer with political support is an eccentric statesman.

We'll sell our soul for a little oil. I'm really hoping that the
followup to the Qaddafi handshake is a Kim Jong-il handshake, and
perhaps even a handshake with terrorist-in-chief cheney.

[beachbum]

3. My thoughts...

Dealing with the devil.

[sweetheart]

4. Yes, well perhaps blair

instead of bush.

[Minstrel Boy]

5. British intelligence already has:

British intelligence paid large sums of money to an al-Qaeda cell in Libya in a doomed attempt to assassinate Colonel Gadaffi in 1996 and thwarted early attempts to bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

The latest claims of MI6 involvement with Libya's fearsome Islamic Fighting Group, which is connected to one of bin Laden's trusted lieutenants, will be embarrassing to the Government, which described similar claims by renegade MI5 officer David Shayler as 'pure fantasy'.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4543555-102279,00.html

[G_j]

6. 'water seeks it's own level"

well since Blair and Bush are SUPPOSED to represent their people, I couldn't necessarily 'advocate' it. But seeing these people shaking hands somehow seems fitting. Birds of a feather...

[Orangeone]

7. So Khaddafi

is supposed to have been as dangerous a Osama Bin Laden? Khaddafi always talked big, but I think he has agreed to take the rap for Lockerbie, so his country can get out of it's pariah status. I really think it was the Iranians that blew the plane up, as revenge for the Iranian airliner that the US downed.

There is such a massive double-standard at play here. Israeli leaders like Sharon, or Menachem Begin committed war crimes/terrorism yet everyone thinks it's OK to greet them with open arms.