One of the disgusting acts of this illegal war in Libya is that the incentive for Rogue states to give up their WMDs are gone. In 2003 Col. Mumar Qaddafi in the aftermath of the initial invasion of Iraq gave up his WMDs. He decided that it was time for Libya to integrate into the Global economy and to stop being a pariah state. The Bush administration welcomed this move and used Libya as a role model for others.
Qaddafi also paid restitution to the families of the victims of Pan Am 103 and cooperated with US intelligence against AL-Qaeda. He had gone from Pariahs to harmless buffoon. He even declared himself King of Kings of Africa and was trying to be a stabilizing force.
Then becasue he had a falling out with France and due to the Muslim Brotherhood instigating in the Benghazi area, a rebelion broke out All of a sudden, Qaddafi was once again an evil terrorist. The British and French connived the US into joining a war against him.
It was December 2003. Muammar el-Qaddafi stunned the world and agreed to dismantle Libya‘s nuclear weapons program. Libya would “regain a secure and respected place” in the world, President Bush said. Western leaders met personally with their unlikely bedfellow in subsequent years. The United States normalized relations. Britain hailed its “new relationship.” France signed a $16 billion nuclear reactor trade deal. Qaddafi was harvesting the fruit of de-nuclearization.
Now American, British and French forces are attacking Qaddafi’s military. And uncomfortable questions linger. Would NATO be enforcing a no-fly zone if Qaddafi had not dismantled Libya’s program and allowed full inspections? Does the current military action against Libya send a signal to rogue states, like Iran, that the security gained by de-nuclearization is anything but?
The West’s actions in Libya might provide rogue states greater incentive to gain the bomb. Kim Jong Il’s regime has already made this connection. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said last week, according to Pyongyang’s propaganda agency, that “the Libyan crisis” is “teaching the international community a grave lesson” because it “confirmed once again … that one should have power to defend peace.”
Read the rest: Will Libyan War Push Rogue States to Nuclearize?
No Rogue state in their right mind will ever give up their WMDs now. They see how Qaddafi fulfilled his pledge, yet the US/Europe decided to intervene in an internal affair and attack him. The backlash to this war will be felt for a long time. Expect more nations to aquire WMDs.
The message of the Libyan war is clear, give up your WNDs and you will be attacked anyway.
