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Africa North
Agreement On Nato Role
2011-03-24
Western warplanes have flown more than 300 sorties over Libya and more than 162 Tomahawk cruise missiles have been fired in the United Nations
... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
-mandated mission to protect Libyan civilians against government troops.

US President Barack B.O. Obama said the allies should be able to announce soon that they have achieved the objective of creating the no-fly zone. But, he said, Qadhafi would present a potential threat to his people "unless he is willing to step down."

"We will continue to support the efforts to protect the Libyan people. But we will not be in the lead," Obama said.
Because it's wrong for America to lead the fight against a brutal thug...
Obama, facing questions at home about the Libyan mission, duration and cost, wants the United States to give up operational control of enforcing the no-fly zone within days.

Obama spoke with French President Nicolas Sarkozy
...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He married singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit, in 2008...
and British Prime Minister David Cameron
... British PM Cameron describes himself as a modern compassionate conservative and has spoken of a need for a new style of politics that doesn't involve calling people names. He has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's probably not. He has also claimed to be a liberal Conservative, and a very tall short person. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has urged politicians to concentrate on improving people's happiness and general well-being, instead of focusing solely on financial wealth, which is easy for a stockbroker's kid to say. Ask him to lend you ten quid and see how that works out. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
on Tuesday and they agreed NATO should play an important role in enforcing the Libyan no-fly zone, the White House said.
Posted by:Fred

#12  Heard on Fox from Bolton and North that NATO agreed only to enforce the NFZ, and that the ground-attack role would probably be minimized.
Posted by: gorb   2011-03-24 22:30  

#11  Appealing to the younger generation No, more likely evading the search engines!
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-03-24 20:21  

#10  Appealing to the younger generation there, TW ? ;)

Avoiding R1ght4ven attention, Oscar, just in case. My other purpose in life seems to be alternately amusing or shocking the younger generation, depending on which thing that I learnt from Rantburg has just come out of my mouth.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-03-24 19:10  

#9  In a conversation the other night I made a comment about "the seventies, when disco was in flower..."
Got a strange look or two.
Posted by: Grunter   2011-03-24 18:28  

#8  Still, you must admit that the result is eye catching.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-03-24 16:31  

#7  The lack of leadership in the Libyan effort is the biggest clusterfvck I have ever seen.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-03-24 13:54  

#6  "R1ghth4ven"

Appealing to the younger generation there , TW ? ;)



Posted by: Oscar   2011-03-24 13:30  

#5  "Welcome to Kosovo 2!"

This will not end well.
Posted by: mojo   2011-03-24 12:30  

#4  So now we have a well equipped technologically advanced rabble fighting a somewhat technologically advanced delusional thug fighting a rabble armed with used shotguns, sling shots and vintage muskets?

So....we really have no one is charge anywhere? Isn't that kinda where the American Revolution started?
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2011-03-24 10:38  

#3  When asked who was in command, one fighter, Mohamed Bhreka, shrugged and said: “Nobody is. We are volunteers. We just come here. There is no plan.”

Isn't that essentially the same thing Adm. Mullen said the other day?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2011-03-24 09:20  

#2  The green text comments are automatically generated, g(r)omgoru, keyed to key words and phrases. It started as a defence against R1ghth4ven, then took on a life of its own.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-03-24 08:40  

#1  nd more than 162 Tomahawk cruise missiles have been fired in the United Nations

Was your, sentence breaking, interjection accidental, Fred?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-03-24 04:19  

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