Reply #1: Stability

[KharmaTrain]

Western Europe relies on Libya for a lot of its oil...just like we do with Saudi Arabia. Their interests is stability that will keep the populace "happy" and the oil flowing. They've dealt with Gadaffi (like the freeing of the Pan Am bomber) to keep their cars running and any disruption...especially in the areas around Benghazi where there are major oil terminals...is what's driven up their prices higher than we've seen here. The possibility of genocide and a truly unhinged and vindictive Gadaffi (and family) would prolong the oil and the foreign workers who work the plants in getting back up and running. So while there is some concern for a wholescale slaughter, the flow of that "sweet crude" is the main reason Western European nations have been taking the lead in pushing for military action.