[TigerClaws]

You can’t win a war without ground forces.

You can’t win this war without regime change.

The war will “evolve” into full U.S.-led invasion as Zero won’t want to get a loss on his war bracket.

Oh, check out the Anointed One’s photos on USA Today — the halo is back!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-03-29-RW1AObama29_ST_N.htm

[OldDeckHand]

In order - Yes, Yes, Yes and “I just threw-up a little in my mouth”.

[OldDeckHand]

One caveat about "winning" without regime change. I largely think that's accurate, or at least that is what Obama thinks. I'm not at all convinced that America will be in a better place with Gaddafi gone. In fact, I think it's likely we'll be in a worse place precisely because it would be far too easy for al-Qaeda and/or some other Jihadi faction to take the oil-rich country over.

Look how much we've had to spend in Iraq to keep that from happening. So, if Gaddafi goes, does America win? I'm not so sure, not in the near-term and probably not in the long-term.

[tsowellfan]

I posted this in the comments of Obama’s facebook:

Only three ways to end this war:

1) The US stops now and hopes Gadaffi can regain control of the Al Qaeda infested Libya.

2) The US topples Gadaffi then goes back home leaving Libya as a Mediterranean Somalia

3) Gadaffi loses control and the US has to occupy the country, fight the Islamists / Al Qaeda in an Iraq War type scenario until there’s a new government installed (6 to 8 years).

Just as President Obama was not truthful when telling you this war is not about OIL he’s also not telling you the whole story about what comes next after Gadaffi is gone. This will NOT have a happy ending with just air power... there WILL be troops on the ground. That’s a shame. This all was not necessary.