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To: americanophile

No fly zone maybe...but no boots on the ground unless it is to rescue Americans. Somalia started with the best of intentions, and see what that got us.


137 posted on 03/01/2011 2:15:23 PM PST by Miles the Slasher
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To: Miles the Slasher
No fly zone maybe...but no boots on the ground unless it is to rescue Americans.

Libya No-Fly Zone Would Require Military Action, General Says

"My military opinion is, sir, it would be challenging," Mattis told Sen. John McCain at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "You would have to remove the air defense capability in order to establish the no-fly zone so it -- no illusions here -- it would be a military operation. It wouldn't simply be telling people not to fly airplanes."

197 posted on 03/01/2011 6:54:31 PM PST by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
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