Over at NRO Andrew McCarthy comments on the amazing hypocrisy of the US government — particularly Sens. Lieberman, Kerry, and McCain — regarding Col. Qaddafi. I of course make no brief for Libya’s grotesque and brutal tyrant, but like him or not we had a deal, and our fickleness toward him — before their transmogrification into modern-day Catos, the three senators had canoodled with the Khadafys in Tripoli as recently as August 2009 in a meeting whose purpose was to reassure them of our continuing affection — is unlikely to encourage others with whom we seek to make such practical arrangements with in the future.
Read the article here.
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I don’t think I can properly assess what’s gotten into Lieberman – but I think the other two are going to seek re-election. It’s likely they’ve recently had beer and pretzels with Newt Gingrich.