NATO Goes Wobbly Over Libya

Spineless.

It's getting harder and harder to believe there'll eventually be a resolution to Libya's civil war that will allow anyone to claim Muammar Gaddafi lost to rebel forces—or was humbled by members of the NATO-led coalition waging air strikes against him. Indeed, it's becoming increasingly clear as the weeks rush by that battle-weary European partners in the intervention force are keener to find ways of ending the conflict and pull forces back home than they are to obtain their initial objectives of seeing Gaddafi deposed and forced abroad.  The upshot is the sound of diplomatic throats being cleared ever louder to prepare public opinion for the now-probable scenario of the operation ending without Gaddafi having budged much.

Read more: http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/07/26/the-west-slowly-backing-away-from-the-libyan-military-operation/#ixzz1TKLoVQla