He arrived on the world scene with the mystique of Che Guevara; but in the 36 years since Moammar Gaddafi seized control of Libya 3, he has been called everything from maverick and visionary to a terrorist and a madman.
Yet Colonel Gaddafi says he has now turned over a new leaf and he is now a pragmatist who has agreed to give up his nukes and chemical weapons in exchange for the warm embrace of the West.
President Bush has pointed to Libya as a model for reform for other rogue nations and weapons proliferators around the world, while others within his administration remain skeptical of this sudden transformation. Should a nation that has embraced terrorism as a tactic, be granted full diplomatic acceptance?
Guests:
Ambassador Ali Suleiman Aujali, Chief of the Libyan Liason Office in Washington, DC
Michael Binyon, Foreign Correspondent, The Times of London.