other wmd. other than the oil that is exported to europe, he s not important to the united states. and so, in effect, we made the calculation that he is someone who could more destabilize the revolutions that are occurring in egypt and tunisia on either side of him than keeping him in power. so, then, is this truly, purely a humanitarian mission? i mean, it sounds like politics is at stake here. well, i think it depends on who you re making the argument with. inside the white house, it s quite clear that there are people who i would call the pro democracy crowd inside the white house, who said we ve got to do something in support of those poor people in libya who are being killed. let s look at what france is doing. france was leading the charge here. why? why was president sarkozy so gung ho to attack libya? it s because of internal european politics having nothing to do with the united states and what s really going on in libya. he wants to establish himself as the leader of a ne