[url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-fighting-20110320,0,1292435.story]U.S., allies launch missile strikes on Libyan targets[/url] [quote]Reporting from Tripoli, Libya, and Washington— U.S., French and British forces blasted Libyan air defenses and armor, drawing intense volleys of tracer and antiaircraft fire over Tripoli early Sunday at the start of a campaign aimed at protecting rebel-held areas that will severely test Moammar Kadafi's powers of survival. French fighter jets and U.S. and British warships, firing more than 110 cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea, struck multiple military targets. [...] Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who represented the United States in Paris, said that despite his promises of a cease-fire, made after the U.N. resolution, Kadafi's forces had continued their attacks. "We have every reason to fear that, left unchecked, Kadafi will commit unspeakable atrocities," she said. [...] Eleven U.S. ships in the Mediterranean are part of the operation, joining 11 from Italy, one Canadian ship and one British submarine. Officials would not specify the total number of planes being flown in the operation, but the United States is flying at least four signal-jamming aircraft.[/quote] What the heck, U.S.?

Well, the U.N. approved using all necessary measures to protect civilians from Gadhafi's forces, and the U.S. is a part of the U.N. soooo....