Will Iran follow the example of Libya and give up its nuclear ambitions in return for the promise of improved relations with Washington? Not likely, says Reuel Gerecht of the American Enterprise Institute.
?I don't think it is very realistic because I think the Iranians feel vastly more muscular than the regime of Muammar Ghaddafi did after the invasion of Iraq,? he said.
Compensation to the families of the Pan Am bombing victims is another sticking point. Libya says it no longer has a legal obligation to make the final payments. State Department Spokesman Adam Ereli urged Libya this week to resolve the issue. Meanwhile, some in Congress want to forbid issuing diplomatic credentials to the Libyan government unless it pays full restitution in the Pan Am case - a potential stumbling block in a relationship that otherwise is clearly warming.