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Libya: Who's in charge?
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Posted on 03/22/2011 8:31:21 AM PDT by darkside321

It is rare indeed that the allies in an international military intervention of the scale witnessed in Libya are unsure about who should command the operation.

Initially it was run by the United States and their Africa Command out of Germany. But the Americans have made it clear they don't want the leadership role. President Obama has said they will transfer the command of Operation Odyssey Dawn in a couple of days, but to whom?

Either the operation would be under British/French command or Nato. And there the problems and disputes begin.

The French - certainly initially - were against Nato involvement because Nato's reputation, in their view, was damaged in the Arab world, due to its involvement in Afghanistan. France believed it crucial to draw Arab states into the military operation and in their view Nato didn't help.

Some allies believe France launched the first attacks without fully informing its allies. That has led to tensions.

France and Germany strongly disagree about the operation. Yesterday the German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, said "we calculated the risks and if we see that three days after this intervention began, the Arab League has already criticised this intervention, I think we had good reasons."

The Italians, who are offering seven of their bases to the operation, want Nato to take command. Several other European countries are demanding that the operation be run out of Nato.

Norway says its fighter jets will not participate until a clear command structure is in place.

But there is another problem. Turkey is a member of Nato. It has its own reasons for opposing transferring command and control to Nato. Prime Minister Erdogan said "we do not want Libya to become...

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KEYWORDS: libya; nato; odysseydawn; whosincharge
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1 posted on 03/22/2011 8:31:25 AM PDT by darkside321
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John Galt.


2 posted on 03/22/2011 8:34:04 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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Makes no difference this is an illegal act by the united states government, zero and the military.


3 posted on 03/22/2011 8:37:09 AM PDT by org.whodat
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Amateur hour goes global!


4 posted on 03/22/2011 8:40:55 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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The leader of the Free World of course:
President Nicholas Sarkozy!


5 posted on 03/22/2011 8:43:41 AM PDT by moopie1
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Obama and his merry band of administrative boobs. We are in sooooooooooooo much trouble.


6 posted on 03/22/2011 8:43:56 AM PDT by ZX12R
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It seems to me that the answer is pretty clear. Intervention was authorized by a UN resolution. So the UN should take charge. Let Ban Ki Moon do it.


7 posted on 03/22/2011 8:47:21 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Barry wants the positive, rally around the flag support from getting in a new conflict, but he won’t take the responsiblity. He has no plan. There is no stated goal; there is nothing to decide later whether the operation achieved what it was suppose to. Supposedly they want Gaddafi out, but he is Barry’s most outspoken wealthy supporter in the Middle East, so I am sure there are some conflicting feelings about this.


8 posted on 03/22/2011 8:47:41 AM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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Libya: Who's in charge?

Yes!

9 posted on 03/22/2011 8:49:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Meanwhile the silence on the left is absolutely DEAFENING. Just replace Obama with Bush and it would be a firestorm of controversy with unending detractors and criticism about our lack of leadership, sloppy diplomacy, warmongering, etc. Nothing. No editorials, no rallies, not even honest pacifistic protestations. Even for the congenitally hypocritical left, this is shocking intellectual dishonesty and moral disconnect.
10 posted on 03/22/2011 8:50:07 AM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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Who is in charge?

Why its those thugs driving around in old toyota pick-ups, shooting AK-47’s into the air!

They give me great hope for the future of rule-of-law and freedom in Libya! (sarc)


11 posted on 03/22/2011 8:51:53 AM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: Bigtigermike

Amateur hour goes global!


Yep looks like our “leaders” finally found out that things go south pretty fast and now no one wants to take the blame for it.


12 posted on 03/22/2011 8:53:58 AM PDT by darkside321
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“Libya: Who’s in charge?”

Aren’t you??


13 posted on 03/22/2011 8:54:10 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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Meanwhile the silence on the left is absolutely DEAFENING.

Well, maybe, in absolute number of voices, it is.

But, the Left's criticism of Obama is far ahead in terms of GROSS TONNAGE.

As U.S. Strikes Libya Michael Moore Says Obama Should Return Nobel Peace Prize.

14 posted on 03/22/2011 8:59:39 AM PDT by Polybius
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15 posted on 03/22/2011 9:00:33 AM PDT by Riodacat (And when all is said and done, there'll be a hell of a lot more said than done......)
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Meanwhile the silence on the left is absolutely DEAFENING.

I guess you don't check out the lib sites like HP ot DU.

16 posted on 03/22/2011 9:03:20 AM PDT by Riodacat (And when all is said and done, there'll be a hell of a lot more said than done......)
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17 posted on 03/22/2011 9:04:16 AM PDT by darkside321
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Wonder if Obama will give another speech glorifying his previous statement on how much easier it would be for him to be president of China?

I think the One could screw up a wet dream, so to speak?


18 posted on 03/22/2011 9:07:52 AM PDT by zbogwan2
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To: SMARTY

Willard: Who’s the commanding officer here, soldier?
Infantryman: Ain’t you?


19 posted on 03/22/2011 9:24:29 AM PDT by Bones Boy
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http://www.hark.com/clips/tydlssfxkc-whos-the-commanding-officer-here


20 posted on 03/22/2011 9:32:01 AM PDT by samtheman
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