by Patrick Appel
Marc Lynch thinks Qaddafi's fall vindicates Obama's strategy:
Had [Obama] not acted, Qaddafi would have won and that would have been bad. He didn't panic as events unfolded, even as virtually the entire policy community decided that the campaign had turned into a quagmire, stalemate, or fiasco. He understood that while six months may seem like a century in Twitter time, it's actually not that long of a time for such a campaign. He correctly resisted demands for a more aggressive action such as a land invasion and occupation which would have radically changed the game in highly negative ways.
Greg Scoblete urges opponents of the Libyan war to let the powers that be declare victory:
[T]he U.S. and NATO have very little exposure on the ground – unlike Iraq and Afghanistan, they will not have to face the prospect of an ignominious withdrawal under fire. In other words, for those who objected to American intervention in Libya's civil war, the downfall of Gaddafi is a perfect excuse to extricate ourselves before it turns into a problem that the West cannot solve.
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