You mean Libya that was bombarded by France and other European militaries with relatively small US involvement? The same Libya that bombed planes[0][1], killed people in front of embassies[2], helped prop up monsters like Idi-Amin[2], waged war against Chad[4] and Egypt[5] and suggested breaking up Switzerland because dictators son brutalized his servants[6]?

The country which was in midst of protests which their government, dictatorial btw, decided to violently suppress?[7]

Yeah, nice guy all around that Gaddaffi. Oils the only reason anybody would want him gone.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTA_Flight_772

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher

[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War

[4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian%E2%80%93Libyan_conflic...

[5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Libyan_War

[6]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93Switzerland_rela...

[7]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Libyan_Civil_War

[8]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombin...

Oh yes, perfect excuse to kick a country and its people back into the stone age.

Defensive military alliance - NATO - go!

Gee, I wonder how many similar incidents we can count among NATO states going back from 1988