Posted on 03/20/2011 4:32:23 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Arab support for the US-led war in Libya showed signs of fraying today in reaction to the sheer destructive power of the initial attack, claims of civilian deaths and a warning by Muammar Gaddafi to prepare for "a long war".
The secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, appeared to wobble just over a week after his organisation, which represents 23 Arab states, voted in favour of a no-fly zone. Pictures of charred bodies led to not only the Arab League but Russia and China expressing regret over the violence. Moscow claimed the US-led coalition was going beyond its UN mandate to protect civilians and called for an end to the "indiscriminate use of force".
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
I thought France was in charge? Wasn't it France doing close air support for the Islamists?
stopped giving money too and yes In need a drink but have to be up early tomorrow sadly.
enjoy that drink BTW I wish I was having one too
From another Drudge headline:
“Liberal Democrats in uproar over Libya action”
This is just too delicious.
Welcome to Obama’s War.
Politics, politics, politics.
And Americans die.
[It could be that the Arab League doesn’t understand that imposing a No Fly Zone requires the destruction of enemy air defense.]
Some of them thought it was a UN program to spray DDT on Libyan garbage dumps.
Could be but,
the geography and land mass doesn`t lend itself to making it easy.
There is no outcome strategy.
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