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2011-03-21 Africa North

France sends carrier to Libya, conducts more flights

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Posted by Steve White 2011-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Amazing what happens when you get out in front and lead...

Amazing when the Americans disappear and you can't play the cheap game of petty back biter in strategic and security matters close to home. Stuff starts getting serious.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-03-21 12:03|| 2011-03-21 12:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Amazing what can happen when the French lead and still get Americans to fire 98% of the weapons.

Posted by Oscar Spineck3066 2011-03-21 12:30|| 2011-03-21 12:30|| Front Page Top

#3 you can't play the cheap game of petty back biter in strategic and security matters close to home

That's the Arab League's job.

Posted by Frozen Al 2011-03-21 13:55|| 2011-03-21 13:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmm... getting her ready to sail in only 72 hours (3 days...) seems like pretty quick to me for a carrier - after only arriving home 4 weeks ago.

But then I've never been in the navy so that is speculation.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-03-21 14:01|| 2011-03-21 14:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Kinda makes me wonder if they aren't setting themselves up for serious problems if it's due for maintenance and supply & they just sent it out as-is. Maybe landing accidents, break-downs, that sort of thing? American carriers spend, what, six months in port in between deployments?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-03-21 15:37|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-03-21 15:37|| Front Page Top

#6 "France sends carrier to Libya . . . Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the French fleet"

They found enough ocean-going tugs to tow her there?

[I'll go to my room now.]

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-21 16:24|| 2011-03-21 16:24|| Front Page Top

#7 I'll go to my room now

No way. The demand for popcorn is going to increase rapidly.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-03-21 16:30|| 2011-03-21 16:30|| Front Page Top

#8 "The demand for popcorn is going to increase rapidly."

Luckily I just got 2 boxcars dropped off on my rail siding, and 3 more on the way.

Extra butter with that? ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-21 17:39|| 2011-03-21 17:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Check out the French with the big boy boat! Make sure the propeller is screwed on right!

Posted by Hellfish 2011-03-21 18:22|| 2011-03-21 18:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey, the French have immersed themselves in the highly competitive European world of "who is more over-priveleged?" They've been eating well biding their time watching us do all the heavy lifting. So it may turn out that they become the star pupils who take all the cake, for doing relatively little. We're not a tough act to follow with our watered down ROEs and hog-tied hearts and minds B.S. we've been emasculated into. Our military is a force for good, but not a very mean one unless you're talking SF, etc. French on the other hand are known to be quite mean at times and have no qualms. Read: conquest of former African Colonies. Passez- moi Le Popcorn, avec Le remote.

Posted by Fi 2011-03-21 21:30|| 2011-03-21 21:30|| Front Page Top

#11 France sent an aircraft carrier towards Libya

And God willing, it will get there. ;-)

Posted by gorb 2011-03-21 23:25|| 2011-03-21 23:25|| Front Page Top

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