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There’s an old cliché used by diplomats about their own craft: Think twice before saying nothing. I am reminded of this in the context of Libya, where it looks increasingly unlikely that there will be international military action against Col. Moammar Gadhafi. But in the meantime the hand-wringing goes on.

There has never been any love lost between the mercurial Gadhafi and the Arab League, which raised the pressure over the weekend with a call to the U.N. to enforce a “no-fly zone.” But the 22-nation Arab League added a serious caveat opposing foreign interference in the affairs of Libya. An Arab version, perhaps, of “Yes we can, but … ”

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