The first shots have been fired at Gadhafi

[DaveTN]

This has the potential to be big.

Allies launch Libya force as Gadhafi hits rebels | General Headlines | Comcast.net

[mikegideon]

Might as well. It's interesting that last time we bombed Libya, the French wouldn't even let us cross their airspace. From the reports I've been getting, they were the first ones in.

[DaveTN]

I served aboard the USS Ponce in the early 70’s. This story was from two weeks ago. They have to be in the area. But if the Ponce and Kearsarge are involved; we plan on putting boots on the ground. They are amphibious assault ships carrying Marines.

BlogPost - USS Ponce and USS Kearsarge get closer to Libya

[mikegideon]

I'm not watching it closely. Just getting email alerts. So far, I think the US has only gifted them with a couple of cruise missles. I would be real surprised if they put any boots on the ground. My gut says it won't take much intervention to flip it around in the right direction.

EDIT: make that 110 tomahawks from US and British ships. That's a pretty serious slap.

Edited March 19, 2011 by mikegideon

[mikegideon]

Obama says no ground troups.

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[Guest bkelm18]

Nothin says diplomacy like warheads on foreheads. Interested to see what direction this takes.

[mikegideon]

If you can believe them, they're just knocking out air defenses so they can patrol the no fly zone without threats.

[tntnixon]

I guess I must be "Mis-remembering" some of my history because here's the way I remember it.

A) Libyan backed terrorists killed Americans and when Ronald Reagan wanted to retaliate, France refused access to their airspace.

The liberals, including Obama, said that we had no right to attack Iraq, because they didn't attack us (did we get attacked by Libya recently?)

C) The liberals said Sadam Hussein had every right to kill his own people without America getting involved in their "internal matters"

D) The French won't help us in our wars, but I guess we need to play lapdog to them when they want to start a war.

E) Wasn't helping "Islamic Freedom Fighters" how we gave Osama BinLaden his "street cred" in fighting the Soviets in Afghanastan?

I guess I'm just too uninformed to make judgements about this situation, but are we gonna start sending Tomahawks every time The Crips and the Bloods start a gang fight?

[Mike.357]

we really have no business being involved in this deal.

The US has to stop being the worlds police.

[Links2k]

we really have no business being involved in this deal.

The US has to stop being the worlds police.

Can you say Sweet Crude? Obama is a lap dog just like all of the previous presidents.

[Guest bkelm18]

we really have no business being involved in this deal.

The US has to stop being the worlds police.

This is a UN action....

[Links2k]

I just wish that we would spend some money on this countries infrastructure and stop sending/spending all of that tax money overseas.

[Mike.357]

if it is about oil I am fine with that. Send in the troops and take the stuff, commandeer their oil flelds. Tell the rest of the world that's how it is going to be.

But thats not whats going to happen.

[mikegideon]

Can you say Sweet Crude? Obama is a lap dog just like all of the previous presidents.

Only one thing confuses me. We never wind up with the oil.

[Links2k]

if it is about oil I am fine with that. Send in the troops and take the stuff, commandeer their oil flelds. Tell the rest of the world that's how it is going to be.

But thats not whats going to happen.

Never! That does not sound compassionate. We only get 2-5% of our oil from them,but it's SWEET CRUDE MAN!

[Links2k]

Only one thing confuses me. We never wind up with the oil.

Neither do our so called enemies.

[mikegideon]

I want some damn oil. I've already paid for it.

[Links2k]

I want some damn oil. I've already paid for it.

lol

[vontar]

What the Hell,

120 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired at 20 targets in Libya

THose missles are expensive, we could have use brought those 20 targets for the price of less then a handful of those missiles.

I have a feeling they are over a million each.

[tntnixon]

I have a feeling they are over a million each.

$1.4 million to be exact. Estimates place the cost of a 6 month Libyan "No Fly Zone" at $9 Billion. Maybe the Japanese will loan us some.

[tntnixon]

MARCH 19, 2011

OBAMA: 'Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world'...

MARCH 19, 2003

BUSH: 'American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger'...

[mikegideon]

MARCH 19, 2011

OBAMA: 'Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world'...

MARCH 19, 2003

BUSH: 'American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger'...

Are you sayin' they're all a##holes?

[Guest GT_Rat]

Bout friggin time. And what about the French? Who gave them their balls back and didn't tell anyone?

[Garufa]

Bout friggin time. And what about the French? Who gave them their balls back and didn't tell anyone?

112 American (& British) cruise missles did.

[Guest GT_Rat]

114 at last count according to FoxNews.