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On March 11, 2011, Wesley K. Clark, former NATO chief, penned an op-ed in The Washington Post to say that Libya doesn’t meet the test for U.S. military action.

Clark’s statement suggested a brewing division in liberal opinion, and two days later a former adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Anne-Marie Slaughter, challenged his view in The New York Times, saying “Col. Gadhafi makes the most of the world’s dithering and steadily retakes rebel-held towns.” She called for a no-fly zone and discussed five main arguments against, none of which, she said, held up. Yesterday, President Obama and Secretary Clinton got their no-fly zone.

What I thought was odd about this discussion was that it appeared to begin in the mainstream press only with Clark’s thoughtful opposition while one major political figure likely to enter the presidential race of 2012 had already discussed a no-fly zone on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show: S! arah Palin.

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