“Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi watched the U.S. action in Afghanistan and preparations for Iraq and decided he didn’t want to be next. …six days after Saddam was captured [December 19, 2003], Qaddafi announced he would turn over all his WMD materials. His centrifuges, uranium hexafluoride, weapon design, and associated materials were shipped to the United States. Libya was out of the nuclear business as a direct result of U.S. action in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
– Dick Cheney, In My Time, Page 420