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U.K. Sends Troops into Libya as International Coalition Expands Mission to Include Regime Change
As NATO continues its campaign against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and to their attacks on Libyan civilians, Great Britain announced today it will send military officers to advise rebels fighters.
NATO Dispute, Cease-Fire Negotiations Hint at Possible Stalemate in Libya
Intense fighting continues between rebels and Moammar Gadhafi’s forces as NATO nations met in Qatar to debate their next steps in Libya. Gwen Ifill discusses the NATO rift with the Institute for Policy Studies’ Emira Woods and the Brookings Institution’s Shadi Hamid.
Robert Kaplan Continues to Flog His Tribal Ruler Meme With Gaddafi, Gbagbo and Saleh
Robert Kaplan thinks that Gaddafi, Gbagbo, and Saleh refuse to back down out of fealty to their tribes.
To Libya With God on Our Side
Opulent religious rhetoric is once again employed to justify absurd military actions.
Libya and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Coming to terms with NATO’s intervention in the Libyan civil war is a little like wresting a grizzly bear: big, hairy, and likely to make one pretty uncomfortable no matter where you grab a hold of it.
Strategic Dialogue: Libya War
Robert Naiman and Ian Williams go head to head on the Libyan War.
‘Stability’ a Fig Leaf for Dictatorship
Hillary Clinton speaks highly of democracy in the abstract but quickly loses enthusiasm as the reality approaches.
Response to Juan Cole On Libya
With the military intervention underway, our job now is to make sure it does not escalate into full-scale invasion, and to try to end it as soon as possible. And then to work as hard as we can to support the efforts to consolidate and expand the extraordinary accomplishments of the uprisings of the 2011 Arab Spring, in Libya and the rest of the region.
Arming Libya’s Rebels: Overdue Idea or ‘Disaster in the Making’?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the U.S. has not yet decided whether to send weapons to Libya’s struggling opposition movement. Jim Lehrer discusses the arms issue with the Institute for Policy Studies’ Emira Woods and Mansour El-Kikhia of the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Will Italy Help Keep U.S. and NATO Airstrikes on Libya From Becoming Another Afghanistan?
There are rumblings that U.S. and NATO airstrikes on Libya might leave both mired in that country.
Regime Change in Libya Could Undermine U.S. Diplomatic Leverage
If giving up nuclear weapons doesn’t immunize a leader from regime change, what does?
US Handing Off Libya From Ourselves to — Ourselves
“In essence, the U.S. runs the show that is taking over running the show.” — AP
Juan Cole Challenges the Left “to Chew Gum and Walk at the Same Time”
Should progressives drop their reflexive opposition to use of force overseas that’s not in the service of national defense?