The unassailable fact is that the rebels themselves wanted the No-Fly Zone, Whereas the pointy headed profs here like Callinicos and ‘mature student’ Ress wanted them to die. The Left is more intrested adopting ‘positions’ which they can subsequently beat others over the heads with than saving thousands from a Gaddafi massacre.

And as far as blowing away unarmed protesters, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are obviously just as good at that as Gaddafi. In fact they do him one better – to my knowledge the unarmed protesters killed by Gaddafi’s troops and mercenaries in Tripoli and elsewhere were at least awake when they were murdered. Bahrain pops em in the head while they sleep Chicago-pigs-to-Fred-Hampton style and still get a royal wedding invite.