A U.S.-led international coalition has imposed a no-fly zone (read: bombed) on Libya, claiming support for the Libyan rebels who are fighting Colonel Muammar Qaddafi. Onward democracy, and all that. One wonders, though -- will we intervene on behalf of our freedom-loving brethren in Yemen? In Bahrain? In Saudi Arabia? In Ivory Coast? In China?

Why Libya? Abe and Joe look at the oily truth, and discuss the implications of yet another imperial American adventure in the Middle East.