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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (8040)3/14/2005 12:08:46 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
The Art of Lying by Omission

Patterico's Pontifications
Filed under: General Dog Trainer— Patterico @ 6:23 am

Hugh Hewitt has a great catch: an article by the L.A. Times discussing the puzzing question of why Moammar Kadafi gave up his WMD. The heart of the article says:

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Officials still disagree about exactly why Kadafi gave up the programs. Some information supports President Bush’s contention that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the broader U.S. doctrine of pre-emptive strikes forced the Libyan leader to act.

But several British and U.S. officials said Kadafi had been trying for years to surrender the weapons to end the international sanctions crippling the Libyan economy and smooth the way for his eldest son’s eventual assumption of power.
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The article leaves little doubt that editors subscribe to the latter theory. Kadafi’s son is quoted as saying Iraq had nothing to do with it:

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Seif Islam Kadafi told CBS News last year that U.S. pressure was not behind his father’s decision.

“First of all, we started negotiating before the beginning of the war,” he said. “And it’s not because we are afraid or under American pressure or blackmail.”
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But the article does not mention that Kadafi himself reportedly admitted to Silvio Berlusconi that the Iraq war was the proximate cause of the decision to disarm:

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi made it clear that his decision to disarm was prompted by Operation Iraqi Freedom.

“I will do whatever the Americans want because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid,” Mr. Gadhafi told Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, according to a Berlusconi spokesman who was quoted in yesterday’s Telegraph of London.
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What do you think? Is that slightly relevant to the article?

P.S. Can we get a final ruling on how to spell this dude’s name? I’ve seen “Khadafy,” “Qaddafi,” “Kadafi,” “Gadhafi,” and even “Xrlq.” None of these is right, exactly – so just pick one and stick with it.

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