Obama Writes Op-Ed With Friends Promising Never To End Libya War

Oh this is cute! Barack Obama got together with his friends David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy at the war treehouse, pulled out some construction paper, and wrote an op-ed together in blood-colored crayon.

so long as Qaddafi is in power, NATO must maintain its operations so that civilians remain protected and the pressure on the regime builds. Then a genuine transition from dictatorship to an inclusive constitutional process can really begin, led by a new generation of leaders. In order for that transition to succeed, Qaddafi must go and go for good.

Gaddafi may think he can just wait this out, but he underestimates America's love of protracted, never-ending wars. Yes, now that we've admitted our goal is to get him out of power, we could take him out with our troops and weapons very quickly. But what would be the fun in that? A good war is meant to be savored. [ NYT ]