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August 19, 2011 at 7:30 PM #722732August 20, 2011 at 12:29 AM #721607ocrenterParticipant
[quote=briansd1]It looks like the policy of strategic patience is working in Lybia. Time will tell.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/16/clinton-libya-syria-show-smart-power-at-work/%5B/quote%5D
here’s the latest Libyan map of rebel vs Gaddafi holdings:
http://www.educatedearth.net/media/65/libyawar.jpg
note Zlitan (east of Tripoli) and Zawiyah (west of Tripoli) and Gharyan (south of Tripoli) are all in rebel hands. Things are not going well for Gaddafi Duck.
August 20, 2011 at 12:29 AM #721701ocrenterParticipant[quote=briansd1]It looks like the policy of strategic patience is working in Lybia. Time will tell.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/16/clinton-libya-syria-show-smart-power-at-work/%5B/quote%5D
here’s the latest Libyan map of rebel vs Gaddafi holdings:
http://www.educatedearth.net/media/65/libyawar.jpg
note Zlitan (east of Tripoli) and Zawiyah (west of Tripoli) and Gharyan (south of Tripoli) are all in rebel hands. Things are not going well for Gaddafi Duck.
August 20, 2011 at 12:29 AM #722301ocrenterParticipant[quote=briansd1]It looks like the policy of strategic patience is working in Lybia. Time will tell.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/16/clinton-libya-syria-show-smart-power-at-work/%5B/quote%5D
here’s the latest Libyan map of rebel vs Gaddafi holdings:
http://www.educatedearth.net/media/65/libyawar.jpg
note Zlitan (east of Tripoli) and Zawiyah (west of Tripoli) and Gharyan (south of Tripoli) are all in rebel hands. Things are not going well for Gaddafi Duck.
August 20, 2011 at 12:29 AM #722456ocrenterParticipant[quote=briansd1]It looks like the policy of strategic patience is working in Lybia. Time will tell.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/16/clinton-libya-syria-show-smart-power-at-work/%5B/quote%5D
here’s the latest Libyan map of rebel vs Gaddafi holdings:
http://www.educatedearth.net/media/65/libyawar.jpg
note Zlitan (east of Tripoli) and Zawiyah (west of Tripoli) and Gharyan (south of Tripoli) are all in rebel hands. Things are not going well for Gaddafi Duck.
August 20, 2011 at 12:29 AM #722822ocrenterParticipant[quote=briansd1]It looks like the policy of strategic patience is working in Lybia. Time will tell.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/16/clinton-libya-syria-show-smart-power-at-work/%5B/quote%5D
here’s the latest Libyan map of rebel vs Gaddafi holdings:
http://www.educatedearth.net/media/65/libyawar.jpg
note Zlitan (east of Tripoli) and Zawiyah (west of Tripoli) and Gharyan (south of Tripoli) are all in rebel hands. Things are not going well for Gaddafi Duck.
October 20, 2011 at 1:39 PM #731044briansd1GuestNATO got it right in Libya.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-kadafi-20111020,0,7442484.story
October 29, 2011 at 1:36 AM #731562paramountParticipantI wonder how many innocent civilians were killed by NATO bombs?
August 27, 2013 at 11:18 AM #764843allParticipantIs it the time to repeat the great success of Libya, this time in Syria?
August 27, 2013 at 9:39 PM #764854SD RealtorParticipantYeah… here we go again just blundering right along. This could have far worse ramifications then what happened in Libya. This is a bad move.
August 29, 2013 at 10:13 PM #764897evolusdParticipantNot sure why using explosives to kill innocent people happens without response, but gassing them crosses some moral line.
August 30, 2013 at 2:00 PM #764957allParticipant[quote=evolusd]Not sure why using explosives to kill innocent people happens without response, but gassing them crosses some moral line.[/quote]
If that is the problem then maybe a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression would help?
September 2, 2013 at 9:33 PM #765046Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=SD Realtor]Yeah… here we go again just blundering right along. This could have far worse ramifications then what happened in Libya. This is a bad move.[/quote]
SDR: Whaaat? Whaddaya mean?
No plan.
No exit strategy.
No allies (save France, and does France ever really count in an actual shooting war?)
No clear cut objectives.
Involving ourselves in a sectarian civil war being used as a proxy conflict by Iran, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
What could possibly go wrong?
September 3, 2013 at 9:50 AM #765059SD RealtorParticipant+3 for Allan….
September 3, 2013 at 12:07 PM #765062FlyerInHiGuestI watched all the Sunday analysis.
Syria is not about regime change but a punishing strike for the use of chemical weapons. Kerry made the case that regime change is a goal through diplomatic and political means, not military.
Coming from Kerry, a long time anti war activist, I trust his judgement.
A strike could be something like destroying the presidential palace.
I think that Obama asking for congressional approval will turn out to be a master stoke. We will find out when congress gets back into town.
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