Counter Gadhafi with coordinated response

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Author(s) USA Today editorial board
Source USA Today
Date February 24, 2011
URL http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-02-24-editorial24_ST_N.htm
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Quotes-start.png Military intervention? The Iraq invasion was just the most recent example of how much easier it is to get into a war than out of one. A more limited show of force? In 1983, the United States inserted a small Marines barracks in a spectacularly foolish attempt to calm a Lebanese civil war. A terrorist bomb killed 241, prompting a swift retreat. There is time to get it right in Libya. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position United States should impose a no-fly zone on the topic 2011 Libyan uprising.