That's the worst part of all... Ghaddfi was a shitty guy, but he was our shitty guy. The ones to take over? May hate us... and for that, we could be in worse danger. But at the end of the day there was only one choice to make and that was not to allow a dictator brutally murder 10's of 1000's of his people all because they wanted to be free..
in other parts of Africa the same genocide happens and we don't send in our guys.. but I think that the chance was taken in Libya because to have another country in that area to become a democracy, is just too good of an option to pass up..
We had kind of made our peace with him since he came clean on his WMD's and coporated with all of our inspections, but I wouldn't characterize him as "our" guy. Nor do I think oil, which I don't beleive we get from that country, had any impact on our decision making. For the UK and France it's a different story, but if they can trick us into doing their dirty work..
Syria and Iran on the other hand, are both avowed enemies and are real threats. We seem to be OK with Syria slaughtering their people on a daily basis. That's why I can't make real sense of the administration's policy. How the hell is Libya more important to us than Syria is? If there is some overall marching plan, I don't see it.
