'..Khaddafy has deserved it for decades.'<blockquote>'.. I presume that a broad majority in both Congress and the electorate would support a more robust campaign, and one that specifically targets Khaddafy. Even those who are uneasy about getting involved at all ... would say: if we’re going to do it, do it all the way. And besides, Khaddafy has deserved it for decades. So Obama would likely get more support from Americans and from Congress if he forthrightly declared his intention to change the regime in Libya, and implemented a campaign more likely to achieve that objective.'
- Streetwise Professor, March 21, 2011</blockquote>
*** Context:
'..hopeful that decades of autocratic rule soon will end..'