[Riodacat]

The Administration isn't going to vocalize what its true intentions are.
They know that Q-daffy hates America and would kill westerners again if he could get away with it and they may suspect that the rebels are, to a large degree, made up of Islamist facists, who would turn to international terrorism if they were in control.
If that is the case, a reasonable strategy could be to keep Q-daffy in power in western Libya with rebels controlling the western part of the country with each side keeping each other busy for years to come rather than focusing their energy externally for terrorist activities.
Under such a scenario, the no-fly zone would ensure that Q-daffy can't defeat the rebels, but such that Q-daffy retains sufficient capability to keep the rebel at bay.

[fight_truth_decay]

The Administration isn't going to vocalize....

BUT shouldn't those people in my Comment know something?Like Sen. Lugar, senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee or Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen?

[Jim Noble]

the rebels are, to a large degree, made up of Islamist facists

Can you name three similarities between Islam and fascism?

Can you name any?