DIGBY:
This is the problem with making the argument that doing nothing in Libya is "a betrayal of who we are," and saying that "some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries but the United States of America is different. And as president, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action." The plight of Ivory Coast proves that we "betray ourselves" every day and brings the whole concept of our alleged values into sharp relief.
There are reasons to be in Libya. But the idea that we couldn't live with ourselves if a massacre unfolded clearly isn't one of them. So the the question remains, why Libya?
