Sen. John Kerry, the Democrat who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. supports the idea of establishing a no-fly zone in Libya. So do Republican Sens. John McCain and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
These are not senatorial rookies who are questioning the judgment of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. These are big shots clamoring to save Libya from itself. And President Barack Obama's comments on Libya Monday were not encouraging.
Earlier Gates had advised against the no-fly intervention, suggesting that it would first require an attack to neutralize Libyan air defenses.
Well no, said Kerry, on "Face the Nation," an attack is not the only option: "One could crater the airports and the runways and leave them incapable of using them for a period of time."
Uh huh. Think about that. What would Americans think if Libya or anybody else "cratered" JFK, LAX, O'Hare and Stapleton and left them unusable?
We would call it an act of war. Which it is. And demand warlike revenge.
Now I have no idea how much damage Libya could ever do to us, but I know we don't need another do-good war with anyone, anywhere. We've stumbled into enough of them already. And never seem to learn.