The president said Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi got the message because America was so tough against Saddam.

"Because the Libyan government saw the seriousness of the civilized world and correctly judged its own interests, the American people are safer."

But at least one weapons expert said the issue is not that simple.

"I don't really agree that it was Iraq that pushed Moammar Gadhafi into making the decision to give up his WMD," said Rose Gottemoeller, who focuses on nuclear issues for the Carnegie Endowment, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations. "This has been a long diplomatic process that has gone on over the last 5 or 6 years."
Mmmmm. Sounds like he's saying they backed down to me. If we put this in the context of your street. Say you have two neighbours and you are constantly fueding between the three of you.
You can be Gaddaffi, neighbour #1 can be Bush and neighbour #2 can be Saddam.

Lets also say, neighbour #1 and you are slowly patching up your differences. Neighbour#1 goes over to neighbour#2 and gives him a beating/kicking. Now neighbour #1 is down the pub bragging about how you've seen the light and you're only being freinds now because he (neighbour #1) beat the ***** out of neighbour #2.

Really, it's the same as calling someone a coward. No spin, nothing. If this happened to me, I know I'd take it that way. What about their families (that represent the populations of the respective countries). If Bush's family are down the pub bragging that your family cowtowed to them, don't you think some of them might get a little hot under the collar and seek to resolve the issue.

It's very simple human nature.