grannyhelen would like to know: What are your thoughts about how the U.S. and others might intervene in Libya? Which of the following actions/outcomes do you favor?

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	1. Statement by President Obama, the UN Security Council and key nations in the region calling for an end to attack on protesters.
15%	6 votes
	2. Statement by above calling for Qaddafi to step down and make assurances that he is not seeking to build dynastic rule.
7%	3 votes
	3. UN Security Council asks for a no fly zone from nations who can enforce it, to stop the Gaddafi regime from using planes and helicopters to attack protesters.
35%	14 votes
	4. Threat by the above to quarantine Libya and set up blockade with the goal of ending all international trade in and out of the country.
7%	3 votes
	5. Threat by the above to take military action to end violence against protesters if Qaddafi does not provide firm evidence to the international community that he has stopped using violence against protesters (and will not use violence against them moving
5%	2 votes
	6. Immediate action by the above to take military force to end violence against protesters, but then immediately withdraw after militias are disarmed (leaving Qaddafi in power).
5%	2 votes
	7. Immediate action by the above to take military force to end violence against protesters, arrest Qaddafi to await charges in the Hauge, and set up interim government to ensure peaceful transition to democracy.
7%	3 votes
	8. 7. Immediate action by the US and coaltion of international countries - outside of the auspices of the UN - to take military force to end violence against protesters, arrest Qaddafi to await charges in the Hauge, and set up interim government to ensure
10%	4 votes
	9. 8. Immediate action by the US only to take military force to end violence against the protesters, arrest Qaddafi to await charges in transition government in Libya, and oversee the implementation of the transition government until Libya has its own sel
2%	1 votes
	10. Other, to be explained in the comments.
5%	2 votes

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