Laura Rozen at War and Piece asks: So what's the real story with Libya?

So what is the Libya back story? None of the pieces so far seem to totally nail it. Who were the actors, the back channels, on both sides? One report suggested such discussions began five years ago. Was the US invasion of Iraq really the event that clinched the negotiations? We hope and expect Seymour Hersh is on the story, but will be interesting to see.

Meantime, it's hard to fathom why Washington appears to remain so sanguine about Pakistani nuclear proliferation to North Korea and Iran -- and perhaps even to emissaries of bin Laden. The evidence here is fairly overwhelming -- and impossible to reconcile with the US's rhetorical commitment to prevent WMD proliferation to rogue states and terror groups.

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