On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:44:49 +0000, NOYB wrote:

How come Gadaffi couldn't be bought prior to our removing the governments
of Afghanistan and Iraq? Don't you think that it's possible he caved out
of fear rather than greed?

The process started long before Afghanistan, Iraq, or GWB. Reagan's
bombing might have woke him up. A little history:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3338713.stm