Blair made it clear he was not forgetting the past but trying to move beyond it.

According to some arguments here we should not try to move beyond the past without subjecting it to intensive processes of trial. But Gaddafi's last year has been one of asserted and apparent reform, vboting to side with the West against Al Qeda and the various terrorist elements he now disavows. Looks good on the face of it, doesn't it?

Why does it feel like there's a lot being left untold about it?

For example, the Dutch Shell connection? Anyone know any more about that?

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