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| Obama to Gaddafi: Stop Now or Face Military Action |
| 2011-03-18 |
| AP reports that BHO has told the Duck to stop now or face military action. So the Duck is now officially on double-secret probation. AP also quotes BHO as saying the US will not send in ground troops. So does that mean that if a pilot gets shot down he's on his own? And last: BHO and Hilly are headed to Paris to meet with allies to discuss next steps. Doesn't say if they're flying on the same plane. |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #9 PJs and SAR SpecOps crews are not doctrinally considered "ground forces". |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-03-18 23:49 |
| #8 tw, once the Marines and paratroopers hit the ground, they are by definition ground troops. I didn't know that, rammer. What odds President Obama shares my previous ignorance? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-03-18 22:56 |
| #7 Does the new NFZ apply to Muammar's military helicopter gunships + troop-supply helo transports? IIRC Uncle Saddam = Saddam Hussein was able to defeat various internal uprisings, most notably ala the KURDS, BECAUSE THE UN NFZ IMPOSED UPON HIS REGIM = SADDAMIST IRAQ APPLIED ONLY TO IRAQI AIR FORCE, ETC. FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT, NOT ROTARY-WING HELICOPTERS. As for POTUS BAMMER, he was again on CNN NEWS AM indic that the new UN-approved Libyan NFZ = NOT A STAGE FOR ANY PLANNED US OR US-LED GROUND INVASION OF LIBYUH, + THAT NO US GROUND COMBAT TROOPS PER SE WILL BE SENT INTO IRAQ SAVE FOR THOSE "SUFFICIENT" MIL ELEMENTS INTENDED TO ASSIST OR RESCUE LIBYAN CIVILIANS IN HUMANITARIAN MISSION, OR TO PROTECT SAME FROM PREVALENT OR EXTENSIVE MORTAL ABUSE BY PRO-GADDAFI/LOYALIST SECURITY FORCES. As for SecState HILLARY, DAUGHTER CHELSEA > Various Netters/Bloggers claim that her new Hubby is in legal trouble, + that her marriage is on shaky ground??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-18 20:41 |
| #6 how terrible Hill looks and were very sympathetic to the impossible position in which Zero has placed her. Putting your most dangerous Democrat opponent in a high-profile, thankless job, out of the way and effectively out of contention. Boss Tweed would've been proud. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-03-18 20:18 |
| #5 tw, once the Marines and paratroopers hit the ground, they are by definition ground troops. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-03-18 19:38 |
| #4 AP also quotes BHO as saying the US will not send in ground troops. No doubt that's true. Airborne and seaborne are something else altogether, right? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-03-18 19:24 |
| #3 Of course not, correct me if Im wrong but didn't she barely get time off for her daughter's betrothal? |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-03-18 18:03 |
| #2 Heard an interesting conversation on a Boston sports talk show today. These two guys, John Dennis & Dennis Calahan, are very conservative (especially for this area) and no fans of anything Obama or Clinton related. However, they were both commenting on how terrible Hill looks and were very sympathetic to the impossible position in which Zero has placed her. There finale was to wonder if she gets to go on vacation to Rio too. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-03-18 18:00 |
| #1 Won't send in troops but sends a Marine force with troops on board to sit off the coast. Me thinks a carrier would be a better choice for enforcing a no fly zone. |
| Posted by: Gmanzato 2011-03-18 17:07 |