[lbo-talk] U.S. giving up on Libyan rebels

[Somebody Somebody]

Actually, Obama, Cameron, and Sarkozy are doubling down in demanding Qadaffi be removed. At this point, American, British, and French prestige demands regime change if only because anything else, though especially a defeat of the rebels, would be a humiliation. If he remains in power, this will inevitably mean the destruction of civilian infrastructure, just like in Serbia, Somalia, and Panama.