Oh No! What a war.
Once they are IN the city, they are pretty-much immune from air attack, due to reluctance of Western forces to be seen as responsible for collateral damage.
>The offensive has trapped thousands of Egyptian and sub-Saharan African workers who are trying to flee the fighting.
There you go boys. - There is the next LIE set up to justify boots on the ground.
What are those 4,000 marines on their way to the area for again?
Workers my butt. - If there are foreigners there they are mostly mercenaries & jihadists.
Civilians would have left a month ago!
One old fashioned 8-inch cruiser could have secured the perimeter of that town! WTF is wrong with these people? The hell with these fast movers. Get some helos in there and start taking out tanks. It ain't rocket surgery.
Get those rebels some anti-tank equipment. We're letting whatever passes for good guys in that hellhole get wiped out, creating an excellent vacuum for al-qaida to fill.
Golly - I thought General Obama said he was tightening the noose around Gaddaffy