Bush disappointed by Libyan death ruling:
| President Bush told Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov on Thursday that he was disappointed with a Libyan court decision to reimpose the death sentences on Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus. |
| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after Tuesday’s ruling that the United States was “very disappointed with the outcome” and urged the medical workers be freed and allowed to go home at the earliest possible date. |
Ah, diplomacy. Gone are the days of outrage. And demands. And threats.
Maybe that’s good.
Or maybe it isn’t.
I wonder what caused Libya to reimpose the death penalty. Maybe next we’ll hear they have resumed sponsoring terrorism. Or resumed their WMD programs.
Maybe they knew disappointment would be the greatest sentiment they would provoke from the US.