Precisely. No matter what context someone tries to use 'world police' in, the fact is that it was intended for a grouped defense response. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that it's anyone's responsibility to get involved in conflicts, except for the countries directly involved, but that is beside the point here (and things like that are also how world wars gets started...phone a friend war lines, for lack of a better way to put it). It was a unilaterally aggressive act to stomp out someone that was causing 'problems' for the west.
I couldn't have said it better. I hate to use the old cliched 'blood for oil' argument, but that is precisely what we are seeing here. See my point about Ghaddafi earlier. He became a target of the western world over oil price increases a LONG time ago.
Having NATO's blessing on ops is similar to the drunk that beats his wife telling you that stealing is perfectly fine.