Posted on 03/19/2011 12:56:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BENGHAZI, Libya French fighter jets fired the first shots at Moammar Gadhafi's troops on Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat.
In the hours before the no-fly zone over Libya went into effect, Gadhafi sent warplanes, tanks and troops into Benghazi, the rebel capital and first city to fall to the rebellion that began Feb. 15. Then the government attacks appeared to go silent.
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People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi in Berlin, March 19, 2011. World leaders gathered on Saturday to discuss a coordinated military intervention in Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi defied the West with an advance into the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A warplane of Gadhafi's forces is seen being shot down with the pilot parachuting out of it over the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Explosions shook the Libyan city of Benghazi early on Saturday while a fighter jet was heard flying overhead, and residents said the eastern rebel stronghold was under attack from Muammar Gaddafi's forces. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
The hypocrisy of the left is amazing. Surely Obama’s base is pissed.
The hypocrisy of the left is amazing. Surely Obama’s base is pissed.
“I guarantee this will end up in a disaster.”
Yes! (For Kadaffy, that is;)
CNN just had on a Middle East expert from England that predicted this is a war we are in unless Gadhafi leaves on his own. There is no indication he is leaving. The only way to get rid of him is to do it with ground troops. Air power alone is not sufficient. It looks like Obama has got us into another war. The only country with a big enough military to take out Gadhafi is the USA. So it looks like it is going to fall on us to do the dirty work.
Is David Cameron (he made a statement at 10 downing street)
the new leader of the free world
where’s waldo? on spring break going to a beach in Rio
we could have done this feb. 25 when Sarah said let’s do it.
it;s too late now. it’s going to end up badly.
Reuters Pictures 1 hour ago U.S. first lady Michelle Obama makes a toast a lunch at the Palacio do Itamaraty in Brasilia, March 19, 2011.
His own people will catch him, kill him and drag his body through the streets of Tripoly.
Then (i.e., afterwards) the US launches Tomahawks to make air strikes secure....
It sounds to me like Sarkozy got tired of Obama's dithering and kicked him in the aXX, by launching and thereby forcing the US to step up..
You may be right but than what? The enemy I know is better than the one I know nothing about. Imagine this scenario, Taliban control billions in heroine flooding the western world, Al Qaida takes control of one oil rich country. Forms union with Chavez and Iran to attack U.S. economy. I have no love for Gaddafi or Assad but they are secularist under attack from Islamist or so I fear. The murdering swine may get dragged through the streets, it is the new murdering swine I worry about.
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