Sunday, July 17, 2011

Time- and Scope-Limited Recognition

Oh yeah, before the weekend we decided to recognize the rebels as the government of Libya:

The United States and other nations on Friday formally recognized Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government until a new interim authority is formed.

So now we aren't waging a war to help the people we recognize as the legal government of Libya actually gain control of the territory of Libya?

Yeah, this makes a lot of sense.