Where do you see the libyians expressing this? Why are you putting them in that worst type of senario?
I think Hillary’s recent comments say it all. (1) Ground support will be required with a no fly zone. (2) She’s done in 2012.
It seems to me that to justify assisting them, you'd want to be sure that they are better for our interests than Gaddafi would be. Rubin Reports on democracy's record in the Middle Eastern states:
Remember the Iranian revolution (in 1979) when all sorts of people poured out into the streets to demand freedom? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is now president.Remember the Beirut spring when people poured out into the streets to demand freedom? Hizballah is now running Lebanon.
Remember the Palestinians having free elections? Hamas is now running the Gaza Strip.
Remember democracy in Algeria? Tens of thousands of people were killed in the ensuing civil war.
It doesn't have to be that way but precedents are pretty daunting.
What did Egyptians tell the Pew poll recently when asked whether they liked "modernizers" or "Islamists"? Islamists: 59%; Modernizers: 27%. Now maybe they will vote for a Westernized guy in a suit who promises a liberal democracy but do you want to bet the Middle East on it?
Because it makes historical, sociological and political sense.
Are you familiar with the histories of revolutions and Islam?