No-fly zone in Libya holds more risks than rewards

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Author(s) USA Today editorial board
Source USA Today
Date March 4, 2011
URL http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-03-04-editorial04_ST_N.htm
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Quotes-start.png Yes, U.S and allied airpower can ground Moammar Gadhafi's planes. But what if it failed to end Gadhafi's rule, as a decade-long no-fly operation in Iraq failed to end Saddam Hussein's? Having effectively picked a side in a civil war, the United States would then feel obligated to finish the job — a familiar formula for incremental escalation with unforeseen consequences. 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.