Libya war will increase proliferation.
Earlier in the week, I highlighted Judah Grunstein's argument that the U.S. is intervening in Libya's civil war not because of immutable principles or overwhelming strategic necessity per-se but (to simplify) "because we can."
Thinking a bit more about this, and in light of Marc Sheetz' comments yesterday, it's worth pointing out that one possible consequence of embracing the "because we can" standard is that rogue regimes will work even harder to get themselves on the "can't" list. One way to do that would be to amass weapons of mass destruction. It's not an easy thing to do, of course, but if I were a despot, it would certainly be much higher on my list after Western intervention in Libya than before.
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