Focus on military targets

Nato should refrain from trying to kill Muammar al-Gaddafi, writes the liberal Financial Times Deutschland: "Even now China and Russia feel duped because their abstention in the Security Council paved the way for a military attack which is now  taking on a greater scope than what they had initially anticipated. Targeted attacks on Gaddafi's clan will only reinforce this impression and further erode their trust. It's hardly imaginable that there could ever be a similar UN Security Council resolution after this. But there is an even more pressing practical argument. Nato will only succeed in killing Gaddafi - if at all - at the cost of serious collateral damage: civilian victims whose death will not only fuel the hatred of Gaddafi's fanatic supporters but also fan worldwide doubts over the Nato mission in Libya. ... Nato would do better to focus on military targets. If Gaddafi is hit in the process, so much the better."

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