This is not Iraq, thank God. This is a genuine uprising against a genuinely unpleasent tyrant. Though Gaddafi might not be on the same level of villany as Saddam, he still is pretty bad. Had we not intervened, there would have been a blood bath.
On the political/diplomatic level, Obama was wise to stay out of things until it became apparent that American military might was required. He knew, that in light of the whole Iraq debacle, that an American president to go blundering in, issuing dictates, and then bombing whoever he damned pleased, was a recipe for disaster. So he made a gamble. He decided to let someone else make the running this time, let the Europeans do the diplomatic heavy lifting.
This is where Sarzoky and Cameron stepped in, and I'd never thought I'd hear myself say this, but the pair of them played a blinder. This was at the point remember that Gaddafi's forces were bearing down upon Bengazi, posed to slaughter thousands. The rebels, honest amateurs to the last were no match for the firepower that Gaddafi's mercenaries possessed.
Thus, we did what we should have done in 1930's Spain and right after the initial Gulf War. How we take it from here though is still up in the air, any suggestions?
