Countering the Impulse to Militarily Support the Libyan Underdog

By James M. Dorsey

Published 12 March 2011 in The Straits Times

Debate about a Libyan no-fly-zone and foreign military intervention pits the populist impulse to aid the underdog against cold, rational analysis that concludes it would be in the best interests of Libyan opponents of the Gadaffi regime, of reformers throughout the Middle East and North Afric…