I was watching Washington Week and the Shields and Brooks panel segment of News Hour this evening on PBS. The question of whether President Obama will get credit for assisting in the overthrow of Col. Gaddafi in Libya was much discussed.
What was not discussed was whether it was any of our business who governs Libya. Perhaps it was not. It was clearly the business of the Libyan people who have mostly been involved in Gaddafi's overthrow.
Egypt and Tunisia didn't require this kind of help. If the Brits, French, and Italians wanted to assist the Libyan people, fine. Why us? Just for the sake of NATO solidarity? The Germans didn't pitch in.
