WASHINGTON // As countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens from Libya yesterday, world powers were either unwilling or unable to intervene and stop violence that appears to be spiralling out of control.
Despite strong condemnations from the US and the UN, any concrete international action is yet to materialise.
Suggestions that Nato, the European military alliance that includes the US, should impose a no-fly zone over the country have yet to gain momentum and threats of sanctions against the country and its leadership remain rhetorical.
Nato's leadership stressed yesterday it would not intervene without a request from the UN, which analysts say would face Security Council opposition from Russia and China on any plans that involved military force.
