Lybia, instead of turning into an American mess is being expertly handled and run by people who know what they are doing. (Hillary Clinton, and others in the diplomatic core.)
It looks like this will resolve in a very posative way for the United States thanks to the lack of sabor ratteling by the preisdnet and the joint action being taken by the United Nations.
If it goes terrable wrong, always a possability, it will be a joint liability with the rest of the UN and not "America's mess".
Also not the cost will be shared among the UN nations and not something our great grandchildren will be paying for.