The Real Deal:
Posted on 03/01/2011 4:31:37 AM PST by Fennie
The U.S. Navy was repositioning its heavy-hitting warships around North Africa tonight as America and Britain dramatically increased pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which had been on pirate-hunting duty off the coast of Somalia, has now steamed to the mouth of the Suez Canal in the Red Sea.
The deadly strike force aboard the nuclear-powered carrier is already within flying distance of Libya but the Enterprise is said to be heading closer to country and its rogue dictator.
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The Real Deal:
Wagging the dog.
If Q-Daffy is deposed, Obama’s relatives in Kenya will not be happy.
and we will anchor offshore and yell through a megaphone!!
What, no UN resolution?
Anything Obama does now should be highly suspect as to what his real motives are. He may be trying to present the image that he's a strong leader rather than the weak bully he is capitalizing on an unfortunate situation in a little country.
Unnamed reporter. Gee I can't imagine why...
Only way Obama will depose Gha-daffy is when one of his golf balls accidentally hits the bastard in the head!
What a friggin joke......
We have our young folks dying in Afghanistan and our Government does not have the will to win there what makes anyone think we will do the right thing here?
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>Still, the Enterprise - with its compliment of F-14 Tomcat fighters
Bwahahaha. Bone dead STUPID!
God, I loved that fighter!
I know that anti-piracy ops are a secondary function for any naval warship, but to task a carrier strike group with the job is just a huge waste of resources given the Rules of Engagement.
Gaddafi’s remarks were met with derision in Washington. “It sounds, just frankly, delusional,” said US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice.
She said Gaddafi’s behaviour, including laughing on camera in TV interviews amid the chaos, ‘underscores how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is from reality’.
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Let’s see now...what other “great world leader” has been known to laugh inappropriately and appear disconnected from reality? My memory is not so good now but I think I can find his name, oh, wait, here are his initials, Barack Hussein Obama.
Godspeed, Enterprise.
Somewhere in here is a play that helps get the Soros Telepuppet reelected. Throwing Sargent Pepper Q. Daffy under the bus is a bold ploy that is seemingly inconsistent with his previous support. Must be the Muslim Bro’s made Bambi a better offer. Amnesty from the threatened apostasy trial? 72 virgin Larry Sinclairs in Allah’s heavenly Man’s Country? Perpetual unending supply of ribs and ice cream for Manshelle?
Make it so.
You're right. That would seem to be more of a "Frigate Navy" type mission. Maybe some air support with AWACS - possibly even, gulp, land-based from our AF friends - to spot likely surface targets. What are bammy's ROE, is the Navy even allowed to approach a suspected pirate ship? Or is that maybe considered too threatening? Is he just trying to "send a message" with "a presence" there? He's real good about just being present...
Clinton would have wagged it two weeks ago.
Many here disagree, but I say this mission is already fully funded by Gadaffy’s seized assets, and the Libyans deserve at least an opportunity to remove this maniac’s boot from their necks.
WWRD? We all know the answer.
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