Obama’s rationale for Libya

For President Obama , the NATO air war in Libya was driven by a humanitarian impulse: to prevent the slaughter of Libyan civilians. On March 28, in fact, Mr. Obama said the United States would not stand by and allow a massacre that would have “stained the conscience of the world.”

Now the war is ending with Muammar Qaddafi , who ordered attacks on civilians in the city of Benghazi , apparently on the run. Will that same humanitarian rationale now be needed in post-Qaddafi Libya? Read more.

Thoughts?