Well, ever since a scared Qaddafi gave up his nuke program after the fall of Baghdad, Libya has become the U.S. new best friend, albeit a very quiet friend, in the war against Al Qaeda. I’m not at all surprised that the U.S. government acquiesced on Libya’s rise into the Security Council, since it’s undoubtedly some form of payment for services rendered.
I agree. I am puzzled by times where some posters do not seem to realize the less we say about a country, in some cases, means we are not praising them in order to not give them a domestic headache (Egypt, our interrogator, comes to mind). Given what has been publicly described of what Libya gave/told/showed us, it seems likely they have given us a lot more assistance/info of one type or another as well.