British military action against Gaddafi: for and against

I haven’t had time to do a complete round-up, but here’s what I have so far.

For:

David Aaronovitch (pay wall)

The Independent

The Times (pay wall)

Matthew d’Ancona

Andrew Rawnsley

The Observer

Independent on Sunday

The Sunday Times (pay wall)

The Sunday Telegraph (equivocally)

Equivocating, leaning to Against:

Daily Mail (“The Mail finds it impossible not to feel queasy about Britain’s ever-deeper involvement in the Libyan debacle”)

The Guardian (“Far from supporting a democratic revolution across the Arab world, a foreign intervention in Libya may indeed be imperilling it.”)

The Daily Telegraph

Against:

Steve Richards

Mail on Sunday

Peter Hitchens

I don’t know if this Mark Twain quotation is genuine, but it is wise:

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Photograph: AFP

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