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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:23 PM Original message |
What is the "end game" for the no fly zone? How can you have it last only days? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Run out of planes, pilots and bombs? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've asked this question several times on DU |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, good luck with that question. Be prepared to be labelled a Gaddafi lover |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Analysis, Wes Clark |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. The bombing will only last days. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Exactly...never ending til Qadaffi is killed. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. No, the French and the UK are taking "protecting civilians" part of the resolution literally. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Obama has told them (and our generals) that the US portion |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. World War IV |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not to mention that aerial bombardments do nothing to stop ground troops |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. forward he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died..... as true as ever nt |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. It will last until Ghaddafi regroups his ground army. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. If Qaddafi's troops attempt to mass, they will be sitting ducks. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Nobody masses armies anymore. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. are they starting to float 'looking at all options' and 'will have the LEAD ROLE |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. They have degraded the air defense systems enough to make it safer to enforce the NFZ. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Where did this impression come from |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Still doesn't answer the question.... what is the end game? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Decimate Qaddafi's forces until someone close to him has had enough, |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. First |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. What I find even more remarkable |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Exactly and this timeline is measured in days... |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. There are several backstops in place |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Devastate Qaddafi's ability to fight by destroying his planes, copters |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. That is at least an honest and potentially viable plan... |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. i'm waiting for the fan-boys to show up to explain this part... |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. All Qaddafi has to do is wait us out. The rebels are disorganized, poorly |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Will be tough for Qaddafi to wait out a scorched earth campaign. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. boots on the ground are needed to tell the difference between friend |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. The end game will take care of itself if NATO destroys any of Qaddafi's |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. easier said than done. |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. The endgame? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Doesn't he mean American involvement will last just a few more days and then |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. The endgame is an organized rebel army. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. So miltary advisors then? Where do I remember us doing that in the past. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. For the most part the rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces are equally armed now. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Just say we're done now and leave. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. I know....How about a DMZ like in Korea? East/West Libya instead |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. That's ultimately the plan, the revolutionaries will have none of it. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. So they're headed for a stalemate? That can't be good, right? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. The no fly zone is an excuse to launch military attacks against them |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It was a secretarial typo. The mighty ones meant "No Drive Zone". n/t |
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