Is the Libyan War Effort Collapsing? - 07/11/2011 - French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said France was prepared to halt the bombing if the Libyan rebels and Muammar Qaddafi's loyalists agreed to lay down arms and negotiate, because there was "no solution with force." When asked if talks could take place without Qaddafi relinquishing power, as the opposition demands, Longuet added, "He will be in another room in his palace with another title...."This is what happens when a multi-lateral circus starts deploying ordnance without a clear set of victory conditions. “Victory” will apparently become whatever outcome France is willing to settle for, now that the outright defeat of Qaddafi seems unlikely. French television has apparently been complaining about the high cost of the Libyan operation, pegged at “a million euros a day.” Inconclusive wars become economic propositions. Who’s going to break under the financial strain first: a billionaire dictator who wants nothing more than to cling to power… or a group of heavily indebted European welfare states, and their equally insolvent American sugar daddy?
So the French threaten to pull out and you call that “0bama backstabbing our European allies?” Makes sense. /s