The USA want to diminish their involvement, worried about upsetting the Arab nations with yet another war. Britain and France are keen to take part but, like a child near a swing-set, they each seem to be waiting for Daddy America's permission to ride.
Despite France's objections, control, it appears, will go to NATO. Not anyone's total obligation, then. Nice.
Diplomacy, I'm sure, can be a good thing at times. But in this case it just looks like everyone passing the buck.
If Gaddafi is as evil as we say he is, and if the fate of mankind rests, as we say it does, on deposing (and possibly killing) him, then why don't we, all us allied forces, just get on and do it. Leave the squabbling side-effects until afterwards. Get the job done.
Or is there no political currency in that?
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