Libya's Future After the No-Fly Zone? It's Complicated.
For those Libyans who have risked their lives in the name of democracy, the fates have engineered a beneficent reversal as radical as any history has seen. The fates in question are not Greek gods, but Arab, French, British and American politicians. An uprising on the brink of extinction at the hands of superior firepower wielded by a brutal tyrant has been saved by the far greater firepower of these intervening deities, a.k.a., the allies. The dictator on the verge of triumph is now in retreat, if not yet vanquished.Yet despite the welcome reversal of fortune, it is anything but clear what the ultimate outcome of the intervention will be for democracy. The Arab League, the United Nations, France, Britain and the United States would all seem to have somewhat differing rationales for intervention, while the Libyans they are assisting do not themselves comprise a coherent or clearly-led body. Both on the outside and the inside, there are already some voices complaining the allies have gone further than just securing the safety of civilians, gone too far, while others are insisting they have not gone far enough, are crying out for boots on the ground. Bottom line, it's complicated.
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