Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
So, Nato countries may as well have supported Gaddafi. War over quicker, much less human suffering.
That's a good point.

One could claim this is exactly what we did, up until all hell broke lose two months ago. Gaddafi was tolerated/supported because there was no ready alternative, no net gain to be had.

All sorts of weirdos and freaks are tolerated because merely bombing them into oblivion would not solve anything, will not bring about any improvement. Perosnally I think we ought to guillotine one random autocrat every three months or so, just to keep them all scared and running, even if it only means the next one will take his place.