Libya is another case of selective vigilantism by the west by Tariq Ali http://www.socialistproject.ca/go.php?id=203

The US-NATO intervention in Libya, with United Nations security council cover, is part of an orchestrated response to show support for the movement against one dictator in particular and by so doing to bring the Arab rebellions to an end by asserting western control, confiscating their impetus and spontaneity and trying to restore the status quo ante