OT: looks like we fired on Libya…..

[svelte]

news is saying 112 UK and US cruise missile were fired. Probably Tomahawks and Storm Shadows.

[all]

I’m not getting any of it.
Can someone help me understand who authorized the expenses related to attacking another country. And what’s the point of it? To ‘level the playing field’? What for? When does it get ‘leveled’? Is the field ‘leveled’ when our side is winning? What is our side and why? Will rebel aircrafts be taken down as well?

I listend to Wesley Clark yesterday on NPR and he made a reference to Iran when he was asked about the difference between Libya and Jemen, without elaborating. But what’s the connection between Libya and Iran?

[all]

I’m not getting any of it.
Can someone help me understand who authorized the expenses related to attacking another country. And what’s the point of it? To ‘level the playing field’? What for? When does it get ‘leveled’? Is the field ‘leveled’ when our side is winning? What is our side and why? Will rebel aircrafts be taken down as well?

I listend to Wesley Clark yesterday on NPR and he made a reference to Iran when he was asked about the difference between Libya and Jemen, without elaborating. But what’s the connection between Libya and Iran?

[all]

I’m not getting any of it.
Can someone help me understand who authorized the expenses related to attacking another country. And what’s the point of it? To ‘level the playing field’? What for? When does it get ‘leveled’? Is the field ‘leveled’ when our side is winning? What is our side and why? Will rebel aircrafts be taken down as well?

I listend to Wesley Clark yesterday on NPR and he made a reference to Iran when he was asked about the difference between Libya and Jemen, without elaborating. But what’s the connection between Libya and Iran?

[all]

I’m not getting any of it.
Can someone help me understand who authorized the expenses related to attacking another country. And what’s the point of it? To ‘level the playing field’? What for? When does it get ‘leveled’? Is the field ‘leveled’ when our side is winning? What is our side and why? Will rebel aircrafts be taken down as well?

I listend to Wesley Clark yesterday on NPR and he made a reference to Iran when he was asked about the difference between Libya and Jemen, without elaborating. But what’s the connection between Libya and Iran?

[all]

I’m not getting any of it.
Can someone help me understand who authorized the expenses related to attacking another country. And what’s the point of it? To ‘level the playing field’? What for? When does it get ‘leveled’? Is the field ‘leveled’ when our side is winning? What is our side and why? Will rebel aircrafts be taken down as well?

I listend to Wesley Clark yesterday on NPR and he made a reference to Iran when he was asked about the difference between Libya and Jemen, without elaborating. But what’s the connection between Libya and Iran?

[Jazzman]

[quote=Arraya]It will be a quick mission. Knock out the air force and let them have their civil war. We are just leveling the playing field on this one, IMO[/quote]

So they knock out the air defenses. What then? Suppose Gaddafi still prevails? Do you maintain a no fly zone indefinitely? Not so sure this is a wham bang, thank you, mam.

[Jazzman]

[quote=Arraya]It will be a quick mission. Knock out the air force and let them have their civil war. We are just leveling the playing field on this one, IMO[/quote]

So they knock out the air defenses. What then? Suppose Gaddafi still prevails? Do you maintain a no fly zone indefinitely? Not so sure this is a wham bang, thank you, mam.

[Jazzman]

[quote=Arraya]It will be a quick mission. Knock out the air force and let them have their civil war. We are just leveling the playing field on this one, IMO[/quote]

So they knock out the air defenses. What then? Suppose Gaddafi still prevails? Do you maintain a no fly zone indefinitely? Not so sure this is a wham bang, thank you, mam.

[Jazzman]

[quote=Arraya]It will be a quick mission. Knock out the air force and let them have their civil war. We are just leveling the playing field on this one, IMO[/quote]

So they knock out the air defenses. What then? Suppose Gaddafi still prevails? Do you maintain a no fly zone indefinitely? Not so sure this is a wham bang, thank you, mam.

[Jazzman]

[quote=Arraya]It will be a quick mission. Knock out the air force and let them have their civil war. We are just leveling the playing field on this one, IMO[/quote]

So they knock out the air defenses. What then? Suppose Gaddafi still prevails? Do you maintain a no fly zone indefinitely? Not so sure this is a wham bang, thank you, mam.

[temeculaguy]

The Ides of March was on the 15th, and one of the few superstitions my rational brain still cannot fully ignore.

I thought we were supposed to start getting out of wars, not getting into new ones.

I’m having trouble understanding why it’s our responsibility to help fight dictators in far away places. We seem to be able to get by with minimal conflict when it comes to Castro and Chavez. Don’t say oil, Chavez has lots of oil, we never have wars with Venezuela, and that guy is totally nuts. Castro is not exactly benevolent. Is it that the catholic dictators aren’t as big on human atrocities or terrorism? I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. So why can’t we just watch it on TV, I’ll gladly root for the french, I’m glad they found their testicles, they have my permission to take a turn dealing with it. Meanwhile, we’ve only been using oil for less than a century, let’s figure that thing out and it will be whole lot easier ignoring these places.

[temeculaguy]

The Ides of March was on the 15th, and one of the few superstitions my rational brain still cannot fully ignore.

I thought we were supposed to start getting out of wars, not getting into new ones.

I’m having trouble understanding why it’s our responsibility to help fight dictators in far away places. We seem to be able to get by with minimal conflict when it comes to Castro and Chavez. Don’t say oil, Chavez has lots of oil, we never have wars with Venezuela, and that guy is totally nuts. Castro is not exactly benevolent. Is it that the catholic dictators aren’t as big on human atrocities or terrorism? I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. So why can’t we just watch it on TV, I’ll gladly root for the french, I’m glad they found their testicles, they have my permission to take a turn dealing with it. Meanwhile, we’ve only been using oil for less than a century, let’s figure that thing out and it will be whole lot easier ignoring these places.

[temeculaguy]

The Ides of March was on the 15th, and one of the few superstitions my rational brain still cannot fully ignore.

I thought we were supposed to start getting out of wars, not getting into new ones.

I’m having trouble understanding why it’s our responsibility to help fight dictators in far away places. We seem to be able to get by with minimal conflict when it comes to Castro and Chavez. Don’t say oil, Chavez has lots of oil, we never have wars with Venezuela, and that guy is totally nuts. Castro is not exactly benevolent. Is it that the catholic dictators aren’t as big on human atrocities or terrorism? I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. So why can’t we just watch it on TV, I’ll gladly root for the french, I’m glad they found their testicles, they have my permission to take a turn dealing with it. Meanwhile, we’ve only been using oil for less than a century, let’s figure that thing out and it will be whole lot easier ignoring these places.

[temeculaguy]

The Ides of March was on the 15th, and one of the few superstitions my rational brain still cannot fully ignore.

I thought we were supposed to start getting out of wars, not getting into new ones.

I’m having trouble understanding why it’s our responsibility to help fight dictators in far away places. We seem to be able to get by with minimal conflict when it comes to Castro and Chavez. Don’t say oil, Chavez has lots of oil, we never have wars with Venezuela, and that guy is totally nuts. Castro is not exactly benevolent. Is it that the catholic dictators aren’t as big on human atrocities or terrorism? I say, who cares as long as it stays over there, I can’t think of a time in history where the middle east was peaceful, nor do envision a future where it will be. So why can’t we just watch it on TV, I’ll gladly root for the french, I’m glad they found their testicles, they have my permission to take a turn dealing with it. Meanwhile, we’ve only been using oil for less than a century, let’s figure that thing out and it will be whole lot easier ignoring these places.

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