Muammar Gaddafi looks like a flake, so we don't expect logic from him. But with all their fine suits and braided uniforms, we do expect it from those higher up in a Western military campaign that still does not have a clearly identified leadership and cannot agree on its objective.

After repeatedly being told this was Europe's war, it was revealed in the muddied waters of talk shows and background briefings that for now at least, the Americans run it.

When American Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked who was in charge, he replied: "[We are] leading it now. We're looking to hand off that leadership in the next few days."

To the Europeans? Not so fast, say the Turks, who late on Sunday blocked a deal for NATO to take control of the no-fly zone over Libya. Back to the drawing boards on that one.

So if we don't know who is leading, then surely we understand the objective - yes?