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US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - SteveO - 03-01-2011
Like we did in Iraq. Other countries are thus far decrying this as a stupid idea. Heard about via NPR Talk of the Nation on right now.
Yeah...let's get ANOTHER war on. Exactly what we need.
EDIT: Oh yeah, they are also talking about "taking out their air defenses."
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - Mac1337 - 03-01-2011
Relax. Obama's wars are OK. People will show up here shortly telling us what a wonderful idea it is.
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - Carnos Jax - 03-01-2011
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - Gutenberg - 03-01-2011
I think Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld & Perle gave us sufficient proof that picking a fight for regime change is a horrible idea.
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - Acer - 03-01-2011
The Iraq no-fly zone of the 1990s was pretty effective at minimal risk. It is not an invasion...well, not in the traditional sense.
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - cbelt3 - 03-01-2011
See Acer's note.... Iraq's no fly zone was designed to keep Saddam from attacking the Kurds in the north and the Shiites in the south. And WHOSE No Fly Zone war was it ?
Yep. Bill Clinton's.
Did it work ? Reasonably.
And that would be the main goal of a No Fly zone in Libya- to keep Moamar from bombing and strafing his people. Not to mention making a few new 'aces' in the USN.
Deny air power and ground warfare becomes a weapons availability issue. Deny resupply and eventually he runs out of ammo. Deny money and the mercs that he hired for him will quit. Eventually he'll just have his immediate family. It's basic siege tactics. And it works.
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - Mac1337 - 03-01-2011
The real action is on the ground. He does not need air power to shoot people in the streets or hang them. No-fly zone didn't remove Saddam.
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - vision63 - 03-01-2011
Dakota wrote:
The real action is on the ground. He does not need air power to shoot people in the streets or hang them. No-fly zone didn't remove Saddam.
He didn't need removal. He was contained. And pumping oil.
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - OWC Jamie - 03-01-2011
growing and picking peace daisies in his greenhouses, too
Re: US Floating Libya No-Fly Zones - Mac1337 - 03-01-2011
vision63 wrote:
[quote=Dakota]
The real action is on the ground. He does not need air power to shoot people in the streets or hang them. No-fly zone didn't remove Saddam.
He didn't need removal. He was contained. And pumping oil.
Are you suggesting to do the same with Kaddafi?