This is from the VP's remarks last night to a Colorado fundraiser for BC04. It speaks for itself. Perhaps it was the altitude...
In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. And he gave support to terrorists and defied the demands of the civilized world -- and that regime is no more.....
And I, for one, believe -- as I think many of you do, as well, too -- that it was firm, decisive leadership and action by our President, George W. Bush, that made it possible for the decision that the Libyans made to give up their weapons of mass destruction.
All of which would be nice, but for the fact that Qaddafi started negotiating his turnaround well before the Iraq war started:
Qaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, played down any link with Iraq in the timing of Libya's negotiations.
"We started the cooperation before even the invasion of Iraq," he told CNN.
But he added: "It's a critical deal for Libya, because first of all we will get access to defensive weapons and no sanctions on Libyan arms imports any more. We will get access to the know-how and technology in sectors which were banned."
Not, of course, before the war plans were drawn, as Paul O'Neill has pointed out.
Then again, maybe Qaddafi knew more than we did?