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U.S. says missile strikes on Libya only "first phase"
reuters ^ | March 19, 2011 | Missy Ryan and Phil Stewart

Posted on 03/19/2011 8:16:56 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: libya
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And so it begins...
1 posted on 03/19/2011 8:16:59 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Mr. Scope Creep is ready to make his appearance.


2 posted on 03/19/2011 8:17:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PROCON

Like some kind of cowboy.


3 posted on 03/19/2011 8:18:38 PM PDT by dainbramaged ( I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live-Socrates)
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To: PROCON

As I understand it, those missiles cost somewhere between 1 and 2 million apiece.


4 posted on 03/19/2011 8:18:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: PROCON
Has Moamar crawled into his spider-hole yet?
5 posted on 03/19/2011 8:18:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: dainbramaged

Operation Obama’s Folly.


6 posted on 03/19/2011 8:20:11 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope obama knows the old rule that if you start a war you finish it. I hope we take out qadaffi and his sons soon before they hit civilian airliners.


7 posted on 03/19/2011 8:21:06 PM PDT by Stayfrosty
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To: PROCON
And so it begins...

Obama Fires First Salvo In 2012 Reelection Campaign

8 posted on 03/19/2011 8:21:22 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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To: PROCON

After the French had to take the lead...


9 posted on 03/19/2011 8:21:47 PM PDT by CurlyBill (1-20-13 can't get here fast enough!)
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To: cripplecreek

“As I understand it, those missiles cost somewhere between 1 and 2 million apiece.”

A million here, a million there........


10 posted on 03/19/2011 8:22:28 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (The most dangerous place on the face of the earth is between a liberal and their money.)
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To: PROCON

Looked like a very very expensive fireworks show on TV. Apparently, BO told the Congressmen yesterday that this would be over “in a few days.” Wanna bet?


11 posted on 03/19/2011 8:22:32 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: cripplecreek

Probably higher. If memory serves they will a million each in Gulf War I. Probably about 3 mil now.


12 posted on 03/19/2011 8:22:32 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (I don't prep for the disaster. I prepare for the rebuilding.)
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more than 20 sites had been targeted in coalition strikes so far.

110+ tomahawks @ $500,000 each for 20 sites?



13 posted on 03/19/2011 8:22:54 PM PDT by FourPeas
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It just pisses me off and depresses me that 0bama has control over the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen, OUR MILITARY!


14 posted on 03/19/2011 8:23:43 PM PDT by PROCON (Republicans: we elected you, DON'T let us down; 2011: the year of REPEAL!)
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To: Stayfrosty

Finishing it doesn’t end with killing Qaddafi. You also have to fill the vacuum. Good luck there.


15 posted on 03/19/2011 8:24:13 PM PDT by cmj328
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To: Drill Thrawl

Kinda make you wonder if he’s just using the missiles to get rid of them knowing that congress will have to spend big bucks if we’re to have more.


16 posted on 03/19/2011 8:24:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: kittymyrib
Apparently, BO told the Congressmen yesterday that this would be over “in a few days.” Wanna bet?

Famous last words, like "We're only sending advisors to Vietnam."

17 posted on 03/19/2011 8:24:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Drill Thrawl

According to the navy, in 1999 they were $569,000ea.


18 posted on 03/19/2011 8:24:24 PM PDT by FourPeas
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To: Stayfrosty
I hope obama knows the old rule that if you start a war you finish it.

Nope. He'll let it fester until Palin is President and she'll have to finish it. Then the left will blame Palin for the whole thing. It's the lefty way doncha know.

19 posted on 03/19/2011 8:24:42 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (I don't prep for the disaster. I prepare for the rebuilding.)
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To: PROCON

I guess those 800 Marines off the coast are to be a future phase?


20 posted on 03/19/2011 8:24:54 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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