There’s still the Sixth Flt Command Ship (Mount Whitney); their own website brags they have enough food to feed the crew for 90 days and can transport supplies to support an emergency evacuation of 3,000 people. Guess they’re too busy monitoring the COMREL projects in Africa.
yah, that would help, but nothing beats 5 acres of flight deck and a whole bunch of jet fuel. It’s frustrating to watch this knowing full well what should already be underway. The situation in Libya has been deteriorating for some time and only now is the US getting around to considering what options they have??
A large part of the reason that the Middle East is as volatile as it is right now is because of the absence of the US Navy. You would be amazed at the affect of sailing 90,000 tons of Diplomacy within eyeshot of a place like Tripoli. At one time a show of the US flag was sufficient to calm brushfires down before they built into infernos like we have right now in Libya.
This did not happen overnight, we know what a piece of crap Kadaffy is and we should have bagged him years ago, and it wasn’t from a lack of trying either. He’s been a thorn in our side since 1968 and it is beyond me what keeps that wierd mofo alive after all this time.
I think we are missing a prime opportunity to make a lot of friends among the Libyan populace by not helping take out Kadaffy. I vote we drive him into his bunker, then bomb that bastard with as many improved bunker busters as we need to make a big enough burning hole in the ground to assure the world Kadaffy is pig food.
Instead, we are sending the Hildebeest to Geneva to deliver a strongly worded statement...