[FreeReign]

Putting boots on the ground to scoop up Gaddafi is a far different task than putting boots on the ground to nation build.

I believe if I remember correctly, she was against the latter and for the former.

[org.whodat]

I really do not believe it is either or, it is maybe, could be, I”ll get back to you on that when I decide what I think. There that covers the current Palin position on Libya.

[OldDeckHand]

"Putting boots on the ground to scoop up Gaddafi is a far different task than putting boots on the ground to nation build"

"Scoop up"? You do understand that Gaddafi is not a guy without ample military resources, unlike bin Laden, right? He has access to military assets - assets in Tripoli that are fiercely loyal to him. It's going to take MUCH more than two helos of SEALs to scoop him up.

We had close to 200K American service men & women in Iraq for over 9-months BEFORE we captured Hussein.

To think that we could swoop into Tripoli and in a matter of weeks, scoop up Gaddafi, to say nothing of days or hours is folly. It's apples and oranges compared to what just happened in Pakistan. An assault on Tripoli would require a division of men, countless billions and would cause untold destruction on Libyan infrastructure and result in many civilian casualties.