Obama stated his reasons for selecting Libya.Quadratrückseite wrote: Those Libyan freedom fighters are just more deserving of the world's help, I guess. ;)
*Gaddafi has American blood on his hands (Lockerbie)
*Libya is surrounded by vulnerable fledgling efforts at democracy that would be stressed by influx of refugees if Libya gets too ugly.
*They asked for our help.
*We have unique capabilities against Libya that can specifically help in this instance, i.e. we have air power that is uniquely suited for taking out his air force, unlike anything we could do on the Ivory Coast.
*We can do this cleanly without getting bogged since we have coalition assistance, and we **cannot afford** to get too involved.
*Therefore, the calculus says this is an opportunity for us to do the right thing, less on self-interests and more on principle of avoiding massacres and contributing to the fledgling efforts of Arabs to take hold of their own destinies.
So? Yes? No?
Colin