BENGHAZI, Libya - In less than three weeks, an inchoate opposition in Libya, one of the world's most isolated countries, has cobbled together the semblance of a transitional government, fielded a ragtag rebel army and portrayed itself to the West and Libyans as an alternative to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's four decades of freakish rule.
How can the goal of protecting the civilian population be achieved with means that increase casualties among the civilian population? That is something that cannot but cause concern.