Posted on 01/22/2009 1:35:00 PM PST by presidio9
Cuba, Jan 22: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi advised President Barack Obama to give Osama bin Laden a chance to reform, telling the new president that America's most wanted man was looking for "dialogue".
Gaddafi hailed what he called "positive signals" so far from the new Obama administration, including plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Speaking to students at Georgetown University via a satellite link-up from Libya, Gaddafi said Washington must review its approach to bin Laden, who is blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and tops the U.S. Most Wanted List. "Terrorism is a dwarf not a giant. Osama bin laden is a person who can be given a chance to reform," Gaddafi said through an interpreter. He gave no indication that he had any contact with bin Laden or wanted to act as a go-between.
"Maybe we can have a dialogue with him and find out the reason that led him in this direction," he added. Moreover, he said the Taliban, which the United States helped oust in Afghanistan, was "not as it has been portrayed" and Washington should review its views on that group too.
In a speech outlining his views on how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Gaddafi called for the creation of one state rather than two nations living side by side. "We can call it Isratine," he said.
If Jews did not accept a one-state solution, he said they could move to Hawaii, Alaska or an island in the Pacific. "They could live peacefully in an isolated setting."
Is this for real?
> In a speech outlining his views on how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Gaddafi called for the creation of one state rather than two nations living side by side. “We can call it Isratine,” he said.
Oh jeez, how did this idiot become president of Libya?
Yeah...is this satire????
There used to be posters in the old west, wanted dead or alive.....
Unfinished Bidness.
He’s ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!
You have a source link to Reuters but the article is from something called Central Chronicle. What am I missing?
Google search Gaddafi and Osama in Google news. This story is all over the place today. Its probably being downplayed because no foreign leader would ever have considered making this suggestion to Bush. Like Obama or not, it has to be embarassing to know that Obama would certainly listen to the proposal.
The best thing I can say about Qadafi is that he really is nuts.
See post twelve. The same column appeared in other publications cited to Reuters. In this paper, it just said “wire services.”
Are you sure this isn’t a vanity humor post?
I think Obama should invite Osama to the White House for tea and finger sandwiches.
Why not? I mean, after all, you have journalists who honestly believe that the Weather Underground are completely reformed and making valuable contributions to American society.
No, Qadafi has for years advocated a one-state solution. To the extent Qrazy Qolonel Qadafi is serious about anything, he’s serious about that.
It just would not suprise me if Obama decides to have “Lets be friends” talk with Osama.
Are polar bears kosher?
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