Muammar Gaddafi is a real joker. You may remember him as the evil terrorist-supporting dictator from the 1980s who the U.S. tried to assassinate but only actually killed a couple of members of his family. It seemed like he was on top of the world, el numero uno, the big kahuna, public enemy #1. But then Saddam Hussein stole the spotlight by invading Kuwait, and we decided that he was no longer a useful ally, and the world seemed to forget about little ol' Muammar.
Yadda yadda yadda, Bush decides to lift sanctions that kept U.S. businesses (i.e. Halliburton, Bechtel, Carlyle Group) from doing bidness inside Libya in exchange for Gaddafi giving up whatever WMD he may have had. To show his appreciation, Gaddafi warned the world that he hopes he never has to return to his evil terror-supporting ways.

"I hope that we shall not be prompted or obliged by any evil to go back or to look backwards," he said after defending his past support for militant third world freedom fighters.

"We do hope that we shall not be obliged or forced one day to go back to those days when we bombed our cars or put explosive belts around our beds and around our women so that we will not be searched and not be harassed in our bedrooms and in our homes, as it is taking place now in Iraq and in Palestine."

Yes, Muammar Gaddafi, our new best friend. He hopes that he won't have to be behind any more hijackings or bombings. So gracious. Thanks, Shrub!