I think a lot depends on these "rebels" true intentions. If they are pro democratic and secular ? then we do the right thing. If not, their ass will be grass soon enough I suppose. Remember, had the French and Admiral Lafayette not come to the assistance of the Continental Army during the American Revolution things may not have ended as they did back then.

However, Qaddafi's regime has been trouble for years ? their complicity in the Lockerbie bombing was an attack on a USA aircraft over British territory. Some 270 dead.

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[O]n 22 February 2011 during the Libyan protests, the ex Minister of Justice Mustafa Mohamed Abud Al Jeleil stated in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Expressen that Muammar al-Gaddafi had personally ordered the bombing. ...

You reap what you sow they say.
Paybacks are a bitch I say ...