As the situation in Libya becomes daily more chaotic, pressure mounts on President Obama to militarily intervene on the side of the Libyan opposition. He should resist these calls. Without a clear mandate from the United Nations Security Council in support of Libyan intervention, the United States has little to gain, and much to lose by entangling itself in Libya’s civil war.
http://acus.org/new_atlanticist/nato-action-cannot-replace-security-council-resolution-libya