Given the seeming half-hearted U.S. participation — which nevertheless was primarily responsible for delivering the bombardment’s first waves of heavy fire — the big questions about where Security Council Resolution 1973 could take the U.S. are:
1. What’s the military objective, and was this use of force the last resort?
2. What makes this civil war different from others in which the U.S. has no vital national security interest?
3. Did Obama get bullied into military action for which the U.S. ultimately will end up carrying the can?
4. What is the true level of support for this action by the Arab League, and why is Libya different from Bahrain and Yemen?
5. Is it disingenuous to believe the world can’t handle its small fights without the aid of the U.S.?
6. Is Obama’s caution against declaring U.S. leadership a sign of his reluctance to be the decision-maker or a ploy to ensure this doesn’t look like Iraq circa 2003?
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