George Will rightly diagnoses what is so terribly misguided about the Libya intervention. Nonetheless his attempt to equate Odyssey Dawn with the Carter administration's bid to rescue hostages in Iran seems absurdly far-fetched and nakedly partisan (although he's priceless in calling McCain and Butters Don Quixote and Sancho Panza respectively). Odyssey Dawn achieved its first objective – preventing a grotesque massacre in Benghazi – almost instantly. The real test came next. Since the rebels seem to be a truly hapless lot, and since Qaddafi is using all the leverage of asymmetric warfare to fight back – taking the fight to city streets where civilians could get killed by NATO forces trying to save civilians, using identical trucks as the rebels – it's perfectly possible Qaddafi will regain control of the entire country before too long.
Then what?
The Dish 