Posted on 03/22/2011 10:29:41 AM PDT by americanophile
AJDABIYA, LIBYA—France has proposed that a new political steering committe outside NATO be responsible for overseeing military operations over Libya.
French Foreign Minister Alain Jupe says the new body will bring together foreign ministers of participating states — such as Britain, France and the United States — as well as the Arab League. It is expected to meet in the coming days, either in Brussels, London or Paris.
Jupe says not all members of the military coalition are members of NATO and “this is therefore not a NATO operation.” But he says the coalition would use the NATO's “planning and intervention capabilities.”
Not all NATO members are in favour of the no-fly zone and airstrikes against Libya.
An American fighter jet crashed in Libya's rebel held east, both crew ejecting safely as the aircraft spun from the sky during the third night of the U.S. and European air campaign. Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled rebels regrouping in the dunes outside a key eastern city on Tuesday, and his snipers and tanks roamed the last major opposition-held city in the west.
The crash was the first major loss for the U.S. and European military air campaign, which over three nights appears to have hobbled Gadhafi's air defences and artillery and rescued the rebels from impending defeat. But the opposition force, with more enthusiasm than discipline, has struggled to exploit the gains. The international alliance, too, has shown fractures as officials struggle to articulate an endgame.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that “until he stops, I think that this military operation to enforce a no-fly zone will have to continue.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
It seems that none of the participants in this fiasco want to be held responsible. It wasn’t my idea..........
Guess the Arab League will be happy to steer OUR military
Great. We and the French and the British and God knows who else are bombing Libya, and meanwhile, all the respective governments are running away from the mission THAT THEY STARTED as fast as they possibly can, leaving our servicemen holding the bag.
Will somebody take charge of this cluster? It could even be the damn French right now, at least they’d probably retreat quickly and end it.
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Translation: The French are stepping out for a smoke break.
Putting a committee in charge insures Gadhafi’s survival.
“Steering committee” AKA global community organizers.
mmmmmmooooooOOOOOOOOooooooooooOOOOOOOOoooooo!
There, we've just been steered by the French and Arab League.
By August they should have the table shape decided and be looking for drapes for the steering committee break room.
Have a feeling they will be buying from Iran before you know it.
The Pass The Buck Committee??
The Bureaucratization of War
“Committee: The only creature in the universe with multiple stomachs and no brain.” Robert Heinlein
So, let me see if I have a grasp of the situation —
At this moment, we have American troops, with no strategic goal, no plan, and no chain-of-command oversight, pretty much indiscriminately shooting at, and being shot at by, everyone in sight??
(Six Libyan villagers shot by US team rescuing pilot. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2692844/posts )
What could possibly go wrong???
The US should just say, “Screw you guys, I’m going home.”
Since the figures that rush just received from the tanker pilots these people plan on pissing away 400,000 to 500,000 gals of fuel every 24 hours, now who do think will deliver it and pay for it.
CLUSTER Behavior
Agreed.
Obamas Femmunistas at work
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