I saw a bombed aisle

I went home on Friday extremely frustrated by the idea that the U.S. would be engaged in any sort of military action in Libya. That wasn't any weak-kneed liberal anti-war philosophy. Rather, I didn't see the point, and wasn't sure what good we could do. Moreover, it seemed to me that the Egyptian "revolution" succeeded in large part because the West kept its distance.

As I sit here tonight, I not sure if I have changed my mind or not, but I'm still trying to figure this out. Why are we engaging in this battle now? Ghaddafi is the same man who was in charge before. (I know, his actions are despicable.) Will our action just give the Libyans a common enemy? Are we verifying Ghadaffi's crazy arguments that the rebellion was just a foreign plot against Libya? Does this undermine everything President Obama has done to recalibrate our relationship with the Arab world? What will the neighboring Egyptians think?

On the other hand, will Arabs on the street feel betrayed by all of America's talk about freedom if we sit this out, and let a dictator brutally destroy his own people?

What do we do if we outst Ghaddafi? Who is going to ensure a stable government at that point where there are no institutions to restore any normalcy?

Can we even know what is right?