Hillary Clinton distinguishes Assad from Qaddaffi.

Syria is not Libya. I hope you can understand why.

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s security forces clashed with protesters in several cities yesterday...

Clinton said the elements that led to intervention in Libya -- international condemnation, an Arab League call for action, a United Nations Security Council resolution -- are “not going to happen” with Syria, in part because members of the U.S. Congress from both parties say they believe Assad is “a reformer.”

“What’s been happening there the last few weeks is deeply concerning, but there’s a difference between calling out aircraft and indiscriminately strafing and bombing your own cities... than police actions which, frankly, have exceeded the use of force that any of us would want to see.”

Is this a doctrine?