What Does “Unacceptable” Mean?
On Monday, Hillary Clinton called the Libyan government’s attacks on its citizens “unacceptable.” But, as Danielle Pletka documents at The Enterprise blog, there are a lot of things American leaders have said are “unacceptable” that they actually accept, like Russia invading Georgia, North Korea sinking a South Korean ship, and—so far anyway—Iran’s strides toward nuclear weapons. So, take that
