U.S. says missile strikes on Libya only "first phase"

reuters ^ | March 19, 2011 | Missy Ryan and Phil Stewart

[PROCON]

Reuters) - A series of more than 110 cruise missile strikes on Libyan targets is only the first phase of a multiphase operation, a senior U.S. military official said on Saturday.

[Candor7]

And so Obama tries to kill Qadaffy, few realize that Qadaffy will try to kill Obama. It is war.

Good luck Qadaffy.

[R0CK3T]

Doesn’t matter, because the world knows that whatever the number of so-called phases there will be, it all ends up with the “Bowing Phase” from our President.

[MJY1288]

I can’t believe the French will act before Obama. We should be supporting every single anti-dictator movement across the globe, and say so publicly. State clearly the extent of our support, at the same time telling the rebels we will support their ouster if they don’t have open and free elections. But most importantly LEAD the world in supporting freedom. We don’t need to send troops when we have GPS guided Missiles, plus we must lead the world on economic measures to bring down these tyrants.

It’s a sad day for America when we are following instead of leading

[gleeaikin]

Here is tonight’s AOL News feed on the missiles There are a lot of links and several videos.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/19/operation-odyssey-dawn-us_n_838009.html

[BobP]

Operation Obama’s Folly.

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It's quite possibly more than that.

So now we're belligerents in an Arab War in The land of the Libu (the ancient Berber tribe).

'Operation Arugula' (Zer0 does Al-Qaeda's dirty work - Can you say 'caliphate coalition'?)

Is it possible we are helping the Brotherhood take over the Middle East?

In this corner you have the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, which refers to the country as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (People's Republic), controls Tripoli and several other cities in the western half of the country.

And in the other corner there's the National Transitional Council of the Libyan Republic, led by Mustafa Abdul Jalil, based in Benghazi and controls the eastern half of the country.

I say stay the f' out of somebody else's war!

Where's Waldo? Is this the first time we ever started a war and the President was outside of the country and on vacation?

[reformjoy]

Ok, I don’t get it. Japan was in the news, Obama was looking bad and not getting attention.

Next thing Hillary Clinton calls for strikes?

And now we’re attacking Libya

And the news of the Earthquake and suffering in Japan
is off the news radar?

I can’t believe it. Where did all this come from???

[calcowgirl]

We should be supporting every single anti-dictator movement across the globe, and say so publicly.

If by support you mean committing U.S. military resources, no, we should not.

[Varsity Flight]

And if and when secured, where really does the majority of the protected oil go to? Germany? France? Italy?...how much to the U.S.?

Mission accomplished.

[TomasUSMC]

Here we go again, fighting the enemies of Iran. Supporting the allies of Iran. Fighting for fundamental islum. Let me guess what the first thing the new Constitution of Libya will say.....”The Official Religion shall be Islam”. ....and the next thing will be.......”NO LAW SHALL CONTRADICT ISLAM”. (JUST LIKE THE ONE IN IRAQ).

[spokeshave]

Obozo got a green light from the international community, but did he get a resolution from congress?

Yeah...and Russia, Chiuna and Germany abstained from the UN resolution.

[spokeshave]

Obozo got a green light from the international community, but did he get a resolution from congress?

Yeah...and Russia, China and Germany abstained from the UN resolution.

[Razzz42]

Congress will be all over this ‘police action’ because you can tell how upset they are about it...

[MaxMax]

I can’t believe it. Where did all this come from???

You Jest.

[Darkwolf377]

In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else’s civil war.

BARACK OBAMA, speech, Jan. 19, 2007

[Darkwolf377]

Six years ago, I opposed this war because I said that not only did we not know how much it was going to cost, what our exit strategy might be, how it would affect our relationships around the world, & whether our intelligence was sound, but also because we hadn’t caught bin Laden. We hadn’t put al Qaeda to rest, & as a consequence, I thought that it was going to be a distraction. I wish I had been wrong. ... The lesson is we should never hesitate to use military force, & I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe.

Source: 2008 first presidential debate, Obama vs. McCain Sep 26, 2008

[Darkwolf377]

in Oct. 2007, Obama supported removing all combat troops from Iraq within 16 months, saying, “I will remove one or two brigades a month, and get all of our combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months. The only troops I will keep in Iraq will perform the limited missions of protecting our diplomats and carrying out targeted strikes on al Qaeda. And I will launch the diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives that are so badly needed. Let there be no doubt: I will end this war.” The quote appears on the campaign’s Web site.

Source: FactCheck.org on 2008 first Presidential debate Sep 26, 2008

[Darkwolf377]

Now let me be clear: I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. The world, and the Iraqi people would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.

Source: In His Own Words, edited by Lisa Rogak, p.143 Mar 27, 2007

[Centurion2000]

And each middle has 480 troy ounces of silver or 15 kg or about 18,000 dollars worth in them.

[newzjunkey]

Nice quotes.

[Allegra]

I hope obama knows the old rule that if you start a war you finish it.

Trouble is, the Democrats' way of finishing a war once the going gets rough, is to surrender.

Look how many times the Democrats wanted to surrender in Iraq when things got insane here. They kept saying "We need to end the war," and what they meant was to wave the white flag and flee.

Only the persistence of the Bush Administration and General Petraeus kept us going and mamanged to get things back under control again.