John McCain now:
"Americans can be proud of the role our country has played in helping to defeat Qaddafi, but we regret that this success was so long in coming due to the failure of the United States to employ the full weight of our airpower."John McCain then
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A delegation of U.S. senators led by John McCain met with Libya's leader Friday to discuss the possible delivery of non-lethal defense equipment.
"We discussed the possibility of moving ahead with the provision of non-lethal defense equipment to the government of Libya," McCain said at a news conference. He gave no details on the kind of military equipment Washington is offering.Some might see this as mere hypocrisy. But militarists like McCain are genuinely saddened by the fact that dispatching Gaddafi was mostly performed by the Libyans themselves with the US playing a junior role to France and the UK. If something like the battle of Tripoli can happen without the US playing the leading role then maybe people will start thinking that the US does not need to spend $700 billion a year on its military and can leave the role of globo-cop to the UN.
