As my friend Marc Thiessen points out in the Washington Post, Gaddafi actually won a big victory in recent days. Two weeks ago Obama announced that Gaddafi had to go. But in his speech on Friday authorizing military action, Obama gave Gaddafi “a choice.” If he stopped military aggression against the Libyan people, the allies would not enforce the no fly zone. So is the objective to remove Gaddafi from power or not? Do the French and Brits have different goals? How far are we prepared to go? If he stops offensive military operations, will we stop the airstrikes? Apparently it’s okay if in the end Gaddafi is still in power. Or am I reading this wrong?
Obama, Sarkozy, and Cameron better make up their minds….and soon.