Rumsfeld: If you’re wondering who to thank for Gaddafi’s lack of nukes

Rumsfeld: If you’re wondering who to thank for Gaddafi’s lack of nukes … « Hot Air
"Is this a “little-known story”?
If so, it’s a rather damning indictment of the American media, given its rather splashy initial reporting in December 2003.
As I wrote at the time, Moammar Gaddafi’s decision to voluntarily surrender his nuclear-weapons program made the US significantly safer as a direct result of the Iraq War.
Had we not invaded Iraq in 2003 and captured Saddam Hussein in December of that year, Gaddafi would hardly have felt compelled to protect himself from similar American action at the time."