Originally Posted by
PeggBundy
As you may have noticed, the UN made this decision, not just the U.S., as the U.S. has not wanted to get directly involved with this alone since the beginning. Libya is part of the UN, and Gaddafi has committed war crimes against his own people...therefore, regardless if he is an "ally" on the war on terror he has broken UN rules. The US does not expect the rebels to pay us anything, since the UN or the US or any country involved is not a mercenary force for hire.
Living in a country ruled by a crazed dictator is not something any of us can understand, therefore I can only imagine that just about any alternative would be better to the Libyan people than having Gaddafi rule. Libya is a country that is made up of many tribes, most likely it will end up being split amongst tribal rule if Gaddafi were to fall. Obviously "the oil company" will not rule, since the oil and everything else is owned by gaddafi.