And Libya goes on...

[Pete]

The U.S. faced a similar policy dilemma during the uprisings in Hungary in 1956. If the last decade has reminded us of anything at all it's that wars are a lot easier to get into than they are to get out of.

I believe I was the first one to mention Hungary in this thread and that was more than a month ago. "Defending Freedom" in the abstract and starting World War III are two different kettles of fish entirely. After Hungary the Eisenhower administration and the Dulles brothers considerably toned down the bold rhetoric about "rolling back Communism."