A touchstone for Nato

The humanitarian situation in several Libyan cities makes it vital to start thinking about deploying ground troops there, writes the liberal-conservative daily Jyllands-Posten: "It is becoming increasingly obvious that the fight against Gaddafi can't be won from the air. If Gaddafi's military actions and attacks are to be effectively stopped, ground forces must be deployed. Perhaps the decision of Britain and France to send a limited number of officers as advisers is an indication that this will happen. Up to now France has been against such action. Libya is increasingly becoming a test of whether Nato can carry out a mission which is not led by the US."

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