Sunday, June 26, 2011

Libya Is a Failure, Even If Gaddafi Goes

Amitai Etzioni, National Interest
At one hundred days since the United States-led intervention in Libya began, one can draw several key lessons from this operation. Despite the fact that I predict that the stalemate will not last, and Qaddafi will either be killed or quit, there are several strong reasons to conclude that the mission has already failed, including, of course, that it is still ongoing.For one thing, the intervention emboldens Iran. The Obama administration has declared repeatedly that it is "unacceptable" for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. The same statement was made by the previous White...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/26/libya_is_a_failure_even_if_gaddafi_goes_258146.html

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