Act. Now.

The world must do more than watch the Libyan bloodletting.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The unfolding catastrophe in Libya has forced the world to once again grapple with the conundrum of international humanitarian intervention. However, recent efforts at intervention -- notably the humiliating episode in Somalia and the terrible failure to act in Rwanda -- have revealed both the risks of action and the costs of inaction.

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