The Endgame In Libya?

I share my colleague Brian Katulis' concerns:

"There was this premature triumphalism about the passage of the UN resolution but what is the plan for dealing with this entity called Libya?" says Brian Katulis at the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based think-tank.

"You could have this very awkward phase emerging where Gaddafi is entrenched while there's a rump state in eastern Libya and some but not all states in the Arab world work to isolate the regime."

Conversely, what if the injection of western airpower is massively successful and Gaddafi's regime collapses. That doesn't mean an automatic transition to a new stable state. Does the "Pottery Barn Rule" apply if a chaotic scenario develops?