Is it? 'Cos 2 months ago Gadaffi was within days of being swept from power.
Strange how things work out.
Doesn't detract from the purpose of the mission, should we just say sorry about that and just pack up and go home?
Go rebels!
Er..to be honest, yes.
Maybe we could take it up with the government official who booked the seats for the Crown Prince of Bahrain for William's big day? (but we don't care about that shit do we?)
The US Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain so they won't have far to go if it really does kick off. Seriously though, you can play that game endlessly, why Libya and not Zimbabwe, Burma and Sudan? Well for the first two, they are practically Chinese colonies now and for Sudan, nobody seems to give a shit anyway.