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Fire 112 Tomahawk missiles into Tripoli, Misrata...
Drudge ^ | 3/19/11 | Drudge

Posted on 03/19/2011 7:18:51 PM PDT by Cheerio

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/19/libya.civil.war/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

More than 110 Tomahawk missiles fired from American and British ships and submarines hit about 20 Libyan air and missile defense targets in western portions of the country, U.S. Vice Adm. William Gortney said at a Pentagon briefing.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bhoafrica; explosions; gunfire; libya; missiles; tomahawks; tripoli
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FAS estimates BGM-109 Tomahawk cost about $1.1 - 1.4 million for the currently planned Block IV model (do not know which model is being launched at Libya
1 posted on 03/19/2011 7:18:54 PM PDT by Cheerio
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To: Cheerio

Welcome to two hours ago


2 posted on 03/19/2011 7:19:42 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Cheerio

So Obama ordered this? If not, since he’s partying in Rio, who did?


3 posted on 03/19/2011 7:20:36 PM PDT by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White.)
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To: Cheerio

So 90 of them missed or did the need more than one per target?


4 posted on 03/19/2011 7:21:29 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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To: ReverendJames
So Obama ordered this? If not, since he’s partying in Rio, who did?

An overt act of war. When did Congress authorize this? IMPEACH!!!!

5 posted on 03/19/2011 7:23:48 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: ReverendJames

Hillary grew a pair after waiting for obama to make a decision. She is acting president.


6 posted on 03/19/2011 7:26:59 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Cheerio

I was thinking when I heard the number of over a hundred that the cost of the missiles was probably much greater than the damage they did.


7 posted on 03/19/2011 7:27:10 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: ReverendJames
So Obama ordered this? If not, since he’s partying in Rio, who did?


8 posted on 03/19/2011 7:28:42 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: F15Eagle

More to the point, WHY would we go in anyways? With anything? What is the US interest?


10 posted on 03/19/2011 7:31:52 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: F15Eagle

Thank you sir


12 posted on 03/19/2011 7:33:44 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
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This must be the first time in U.S. history that the U.S. fired shots at a foreign country while the president was partying abroad.
13 posted on 03/19/2011 7:33:58 PM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: F15Eagle

If they save a single F-15 pilot and his plane,it will be more than worth the cost. If they blow up a bunch of tents in the desert then it is a waste, that is unless Quydaffi is on one of them.

They really need to knock him out early. Maybe that will stop the war so al Quaeda can take over.


14 posted on 03/19/2011 7:35:39 PM PDT by yarddog
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Someone forgot to reset the missle’s guidance system to account for the post-earthquake axis shift. /j


15 posted on 03/19/2011 7:36:05 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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This must be the first time in U.S. history that the U.S. fired shots at a foreign country while the president was partying abroad.

He was elected to bring us historic moments!

16 posted on 03/19/2011 7:36:21 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: yarddog
If they save a single F-15 pilot and his plane,it will be more than worth the cost.

Really, since when have AMERICAN planes entered this little BS war?

We just pissed away 100+ million dollars.

19 posted on 03/19/2011 7:39:42 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Any economy based on Keynesian principles and practices are always ponzi/pyramid schemes.)
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To: F15Eagle

When F-111s attacked, I understood the reason. When GWB launched missions, I understood the reason. This time, the reason seems to be “Europe wants it” without any regard for cause or effect.

And there has been ample time to go to Congress, but I guess that only applies when a Republican is trying to do something to advance US interests...

As with Yugoslavia, it seems the rationale is that the less it benefits the US, the better it must be. If they can find something 180 degrees out from our interests, then THAT will be a just and holy war! < / sarcasm >


20 posted on 03/19/2011 7:41:31 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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