Excuse me, did someone say something?WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Libyan officials are meeting in London this week to try to reach a deal on compensation cases from the Lockerbie air disaster and other 1980s incidents, a Bush administration official said on Thursday.
If you recall, the "air disaster" and "the other 1980's incidents" that the Bush administration official is referring to are these things called "acts of terrorism."
At a meeting in London two months ago Libya presented what a U.S. official called a "comprehensive" deal to resolve a string of compensation cases which have soured relations between the former foes.
They include cases arising from the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, which killed 270 people, including 189 Americans and the 1986 bombing of a West Berlin disco in which two U.S. servicemen were killed.
Trying to work out a package deal, I guess. Lump all the dead Americans into one settlement. Easier to work out a "deal."
Of course, the outrage from the conservative right is forthcoming, I'm sure. Just as soon as they get done celebrating their victory over the Islamofascist French Cruller distributors at Dunkin Donuts.
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Have they nothing more interesting to do than chasing after Dnkin Donuts? I guess it's good exposure for D Donuts though.
We're negotiating with state-sponsors (not the same as actual terrorists). It is state-to-state diplomacy. Or is it you think Obama can get a better deal?
It's about time we got some of these families some damages. Or is that wrong too?
The donut deal is what happens when you let Malkin be your SecState. So, checks are out this summer?
But you can't damn them if they do, and damn them if they don't.
Actually, nonee, it's not the negotiating that offends me. It's the hypocrisy of the administration that says they won't do something then they turn around and do it.
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Rick,
You're way off base about Libya. In 2003 Gadhafi agreed to dismantle his weapons of mass destruction.
In 2006 the US announced we were renewing diplomatic ties with Libya.
http://thefloridamasochist.blogspot.com/2006/05/shocking-positively-shocking.html
Did you read the whole article? Both of those were noted in it. Or that Sec. Rice won't visit Tripoli till a settlement is agreed on.
You're way off base Rick.
As to the donut brouhaha, I blogged about that too.
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/05/28/covering-ones-heads.php
I was diplomatic in saying Michelle Malkin was just shrill. A large size lump of conservative bloggers(Some heavyweight ones like my friend James Joyner included) think MM went over the edge. Michelle speaks for a very small but noisy group.
Bill
I thought the Donut thing was a little much, also. But then I thought, maybe she's right? I love the "new" fashion looks coming over from India and the Middle East. It doesn't get cold enough here for scarves but who in their right mind would associate a simple style of scarf with support of terrorism? Some do it seems. What if it is as offensive as the confederate flag is to some -- or the Che shirts?
Bill:
I guess I thought the Bush Administration meant that they do not negotiate with terrorists when they said that they do not negotiate with terrorists.
My bad for being way off base.
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Ferfel: Jeebus, friend. I hope you're only joking. Tell me you're only joking.
God save us all.
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