When we went to war for real against Iraq, we took 6 months and amassed over 200,000 troops and support.
If NATO tries to simply send a few bridages in to help the rebels they will be destroyed by Libya. Libya has actually been going easy on the rebels because the rebels are using civilians as human shields. If NATO tries to join the rebels, and does so within their cities, that would be a war crime, and if they take up locations outside the cities, they will be destroyed.
Unless NATO starts with a massive carpet-bombing effort, which will kill thousands of civilians.
The Europeans have really dug themselves a deep hole.
Uh.....
The mission here is what exactly?
And how is this any different than what is happening in Syria, Yemen, and Zimbabwe?
Which NATO signatory was attacked by Serbia in the Balkans war?
Answer: None, but NATO attacked Serbia anyway.
Which NATO signatory was attacked on 9/11 and what was NATO's response?
Answer: The US was undeniably attacked on 9/11 by Afghanistan. There was some immediate military aid from the UK, Germany, and Canada. After the taliban government was unseated, American, Canadian and UK ground troops and special forces took up the fight in Afghanistan. Some other NATO nations sent token forces to the theater.
Which NATO signatory was recently attacked by Libya and what was NATO's response?
Answer: No NATO signatory was attacked, although an argument could be made that the US and Libya have been conducting a low level conflict since the 1980's. The largest "battle" was the destruction of a US flagged aircraft over Lockerbie. This was certainly an act of war. NATO finally responded years later with the US sending token forces.
Could someone explain to me what kind of alliance this is?
NATO would be well served to keep ground troops out of Libya.
They need to do a better job of identifying the enemy before their airstrikes.
Let me be the first on this thread ...
“It’s a quagmire! Get our troops out of the area immediately!!!!!”
“NATO discusses ground operation”
Let me translate that. NATO discusses sending in the American ground forces.
WHY LIBYA
Nothing here that some cheap oil and a couple of suitcases full of $100 bills delivered to the democrat headquarters couldn’t solve.
NATO Discusses Ground Operation, Libya Promises Hell
Sadam H. said the same thing.
IMO, Syria is more important than Libya, yet nary a peep about Syria.
This is Libya for goodness sakes. How long does something like this take? If we were even going to get involved in something like this, it should have been done and dealt with by now.
Bob Beckel claimed more than a month ago that this would be over in a week.
barry´s war.
Whoa. All we needed to do before this little intervention was sit back, wait, and maybe air drop some ammo to whomever ran low...
If the MIC in the white Hut waffled about the OBL op, what is he doing even considering boots on the ground?
Well, maybe..... It’s difficult to believe that the first announcement of such an important shift, would be via a “video conference with Russian students.”
Someone re-ask the AnnointedIdiot about his alleged humanitarian operation and that it would be over “in days” in Libya..... =.=