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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:47 PM Original message |
Libya airstrikes could start 'within hours of resolution' |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. They just need time to get the cameras in place for a little 'Shock and Awe' |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I understand what you're saying, but it would bother me more if we ignored |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. while I completely understand your good intentions |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And I agree with that, too - in theory and in my heart of hearts, but I don't see |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I believe this is actually somewhat historic - never before have |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. You're right - and I was thinking the same thing but dared not post it! Of course, |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. I've always believed that stopping genocide |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not helping might become recruitment fodder for the Jihadists, too. I kind of |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes you have good points but .... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh man, we're in WAY too many wars already! We should be in ZERO! But I'm |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I understand where you're coming from completely. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It won't be prolonged |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I agree that their military will get thrashed. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. I think a big difference here is that we're not "going in". They've made it clear |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. I expect any minute now. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'd expect a wave of cruise missle attacks to take out SAM sites and military bases first. |
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rabs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. So what happens |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Human shields? Possible. I don't think the 'coalition of the willing' will give him time for that. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Gaddafi has likely already done it. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. "take all necessary measures...to protect civilians..." |
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wick (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. maybe now they will have a fighting chance, we needed one |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I hope so, and I honestly think that's the intent of this action. I truly don't think |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Of course there are other motives, like stabalizing the region. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Irony: Treaty of Paris. Were it not for the French the US would be a colony! |
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wick (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. agree, sure wish them luck |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. ughh, I really hope this goes well.. |
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avebury (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. As much as I feel sorry for the people |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. fuck yeah BABY!!! |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I was thinking maybe Egypt and the Sauds; but I'm reading |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I agree, not one dollar should be spent either, |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Not one American life was lost in Kosovo |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. but if a ward full of premature babies |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Strawman not really worth replying to |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wait! I thought it was just a "no-fly zone". Now we're supporting airstrikes. |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. no-fly zone is implemented by |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. good i hope they are pounding that fucker right now |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And also pounding the rebels! Don't forget! |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. you fucking think theyd rather have thier limbs hacked off or hung by ben? |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. honest question... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Deleted message |
GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. couldn't answer the question, could ya? |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. al-Qaeda and the Taliban are some murdering types too. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. The rebels are various Libyan tribes who are tired of Gaddafi and the massacre of innocent protester |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. There has already been one American citizen killed by Gaddafi's regime. |
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