U.S. poised to ally with Libya

WASHINGTON - Libya's remarkable transformation from U.S. foe to friend is almost complete.

Despite unresolved terrorism and human rights concerns, the United States took another step toward ending decades of hostility with the North African nation on Thursday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the Libyan foreign minister in the highest-level contact between the two countries in Washington in 35 years.

(AP, via The St. Petersburg Times)

Bush is so incompetent that his cowboy diplomacy is failing to make Libya hate us enough to forgo new political ties.

Or ...

The U.S. is so hated internationally that Bush is forced to make friends with nations nobody likes?


Give it time. If the next administration doesn't fumble the ball with Libya perhaps this will figure in as part of Bush's positive legacy.

As for being hated abroad, the United States is a bit like the New York Yankees. They have that incredible payroll, so few other than Yankee fans want them to win. I know I like the Yankees much better when they lose.

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