On what has been billed as a Day of Rage for pro-democracy protesters in major Libyan cities, U.S. officials face a fresh dilemma over how much support to express for an Arab leader long reviled by the United States but who in recent years has quietly become a partner in various American initiatives.
The Arab world's longest-serving head of state, Libyan strongman Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi has exercised virtually unchecked power since assuming his country's leadership in a bloodless coup in 1969. Over the next three decades, he became a prime exponent of anti-American sentiment and one of the world's leading state sponsors of terrorism.
Slightly different question about what to do with Iran, support the protestors and fear support from America might encourage a harsher reply from the revolutionary guard.
Bahrain leadership? They don't want to be Hosni and are firing on protestors.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
