Paul says that in August 2011, during Clinton’s time as secretary of
state, he spent 27 days in Libya negotiating with the Gaddafi regime to
accede to America’s demands regarding the Libyan civil war. He describes
Gaddafi, the notorious dictator who was eventually killed in October of
that year, as a “changed man” during the last decade of his life.
“[Gaddafi] was evil. He was a dictator.
Ruthless. But he was a
born-again believer, you could say. He did whatever America wanted.
Finally, during the war, he agreed to every condition Hillary Clinton
asked for through her friend, General Wesley Clark, who was on the phone
with me at least two or three dozen times when I was in Libya,” Paul
recalls.
Paul’s team provides me with a letter (click here to read it) dated Aug. 19, 2011, from then-Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi to President Obama. Copying Paul and his fellow American negotiator in Libya, former member of Congress Walter Fauntroy, on the letter, Mahmoudi writes that Libya, in “joint cooperation with the United States,” will “work jointly in the newfound spirit of cooperation between our governments.” According to the letter, Gaddafi was prepared to “immediately” cease fire in the civil war, give Libyans a chance “to choose their government and the way of governing based on freedom,” and agree to the principle that a political solution in Libya would be reached “without interference” from Gaddafi.
The White House, the State Department, and Clark all did not respond to JNS.org’s requests for comment on the letter.
Paul says he emailed the letter to Clark, who mailed and faxed it to the White House and the State Department. He says Clark relayed messages that Obama and Clinton were both pleased with the letter. But Paul claims the Obama administration never followed through on a promise to send a helicopter to Libya to bring Paul and Fauntroy home. Instead, Paul says that with the help of a CIA operative, he managed to escape Libya on a 39-hour boat ride to Malta. At the time, media outlets in Paul’s native India had presumed he was dead.
“[Gaddafi] was evil. He was a dictator.
Paul’s team provides me with a letter (click here to read it) dated Aug. 19, 2011, from then-Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi to President Obama. Copying Paul and his fellow American negotiator in Libya, former member of Congress Walter Fauntroy, on the letter, Mahmoudi writes that Libya, in “joint cooperation with the United States,” will “work jointly in the newfound spirit of cooperation between our governments.” According to the letter, Gaddafi was prepared to “immediately” cease fire in the civil war, give Libyans a chance “to choose their government and the way of governing based on freedom,” and agree to the principle that a political solution in Libya would be reached “without interference” from Gaddafi.
The White House, the State Department, and Clark all did not respond to JNS.org’s requests for comment on the letter.
Paul says he emailed the letter to Clark, who mailed and faxed it to the White House and the State Department. He says Clark relayed messages that Obama and Clinton were both pleased with the letter. But Paul claims the Obama administration never followed through on a promise to send a helicopter to Libya to bring Paul and Fauntroy home. Instead, Paul says that with the help of a CIA operative, he managed to escape Libya on a 39-hour boat ride to Malta. At the time, media outlets in Paul’s native India had presumed he was dead.
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