A disheartening report from Josh Rogin on the G8 foreign ministers’ meeting on Libya. “Inside the foreign ministers’ meeting, a loud and contentious debate erupted about whether to move forward with stronger action to halt Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s campaign against the Libyan rebels and the violence being perpetrated against civilians,” Rogin reports. “Britain and France argued for immediate action while Germany and Russia opposed such a move, according to two European diplomats who were briefed on the meeting.”

So what was the U.S. plan for action?