Libyan rebels cheer, but story not over

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Author(s)	USA Today editorial board
Source	USA Today
Date	August 22, 2011
URL	http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/story/2011-08-22/Our-view-Rebels-take-Libyan-capital-but-story-is-not-over/50099020/1
Quote	The U.S. intervention, in concert with NATO and the Arab League, prevented a civilian massacre in March in the eastern city of Benghazi, allowed the rebels to regroup, and helped turn the tide of the standoff. The intervention was a high-stakes gamble about which we've been skeptical, but if ultimately successful, it can be an important step in what stands to be a long, difficult process of rebooting U.S. policy away from support for dictators and toward support for the people's democratic aspirations.

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This item argues against the position United States should not have intervened on the topic 2011 Libyan uprising.