Interesting (and brief) essay by a leftish-Briton, titled "Libya and the Shattering of European Illusions"

http://www.spectator.co.uk/nickcohen/690...ions.thtml

Talking a big game means you gotta get your hands dirty when they call you on it. Libya has just proven that this administration, the UN, and the EU/NATO have no such desire to get in the mud and as a result, just makes the situation worse with their attempts to "play it safe" with war.

I wonder how many people in Europe actually understand how true this statement is: "Post-war European prosperity was built under the US security umbrella...One day Europe will have to fight her own wars and defend her own borders. Although the liberal spokesmen and women in the Oslo and London TV have scoffed at the cowboy Yanks and neo-con aggressors for years, they may miss them when they are gone."