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====Muammar Gaddafi====

====Muammar Gaddafi====

:''Main article: [[Libyan_War#Ambassador_Stevens_dispatched_to_give_aid|Libyan War/Ambassador Stevens dispatched to give aid]]''

:''Main article: [[Libyan_War#Ambassador_Stevens_dispatched_to_give_aid|Libyan War/Ambassador Stevens dispatched to give aid]]''

[[Libya]] had been under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] since 1969. The United States broke relations in 1981 and considered Libya a state sponsor of terror after a series incidents culminating in the mid-air bombing of Pan AM Flight 103 over [[Lockerbie]] Scotland in 1988. Libya had a WMD program. Western powers laid out demands to be met to re-establish normal relations. By 1999, Muammar Gaddafi had a change of heart, as aged dictators sometimes do. Negotiators persuaded Gaddafi begin thinking about his legacy. Did he wish to be remembered as a tyrant, or like a reformer like [[Nikita_Khrushchev#Destalinization|Nikita Khrushchev]] who really had the best interests of his people at heart. This is the real meaning of 'smart power', the substance of [[diplomacy]] which is the job of the Secretary of State, to pursuade a strongman dictator to think about such things rather than use force in every situation.  

[[Libya]] had been under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] since 1969. The United States broke relations in 1981 and considered Libya a state sponsor of terror after a series incidents culminating in the mid-air bombing of Pan AM Flight 103 over [[Lockerbie]] Scotland in 1988. Libya had a WMD program. Western powers laid out demands to be met to re-establish normal relations. By 1999, Muammar Gaddafi had a change of heart, as aged dictators sometimes do. Negotiators persuaded Gaddafi begin thinking about his legacy. Did he wish to be remembered as a tyrant, or a reformer like [[Nikita_Khrushchev#Destalinization|Nikita Khrushchev]] who really had the best interests of his people at heart. This is the real meaning of 'smart power', the substance of [[diplomacy]] which is the job of the Secretary of State, to pursuade a strongman dictator to think about such things rather than use force in every situation.  

Gaddafi began complying, step-by-step, with Western demands in order to be welcomed back within the 'community of nations'. Gaddafi renounced terrorism and gave up his WMD. He paid reparations to the families of victims of Flight 103. Trade was restored. He publicly condemned the [[September 11 attacks]] and was an ally in the [[War on Terror]] against [[al Qaeda]]. Gaddafi became the model that Western powers used to encourage other dictators, such as Bashar Assad of Syria or [[Kim Jong-il]] of [[North Korea]], that there was a way they could remain in power, enjoy trade, and live in peace with the international community.

Gaddafi began complying, step-by-step, with Western demands in order to be welcomed back within the 'community of nations'. Gaddafi renounced terrorism and gave up his WMD. He paid reparations to the families of victims of Flight 103. Trade was restored. He publicly condemned the [[September 11 attacks]] and was an ally in the [[War on Terror]] against [[al Qaeda]]. Gaddafi became the model that Western powers used to encourage other dictators, such as Bashar Assad of Syria or [[Kim Jong-il]] of [[North Korea]], that there was a way they could remain in power, enjoy trade, and live in peace with the international community.