U.S. Military moving resources toward Libya

[30ashopper]

GENEVA - The U.S. began moving naval and air forces closer to Libya and declared on Monday that all options were open, including the use of warplanes to patrol the country's skies, to protect Libyans threatened by an increasingly isolated and defiant Moammar Gadhafi. The U.S. and Europe were freezing billions in Libya's foreign assets.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States was exploring the idea of a no-fly zone to prevent Gadhafi's government from bombing its citizens, and European leaders were discussing that as well.

US considers no-fly zone over Libya? - Nation and World - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and Sports -

More U.S. meddling in Middle Eastern foreign affairs on the hoof.

 

[Sheila]

Bad,bad mistake.

 

[Bob]

oil is the honey

 

[Andy A]

Bad,bad mistake.

Please clarify.

 

[scooterbug44]

NO!

Step away and just let it play out.

IF necessary Turkey and China can take the military lead on this one.

 

[Matt J]

NO!

Step away and just let it play out.

IF necessary Turkey and China can take the military lead on this one.

If you really think the powers that be are going to let China get involved then you should have your exhaust system checked.

 

[Bob]

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War]Second Congo War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] The largest war in modern African history, it directly involved eight African nations, as well as about 25 armed groups. By 2008 the war and its aftermath had killed 5.4 million people, mostly from disease and starvation,[4] making the Second Congo War the deadliest conflict worldwide since World War II.[5] Millions more were displaced from their homes or sought asylum in neighboring countries.[6]....no oil??? we don't give a ****!

 

[Bob]

is that perfectly clear enough for you?

 

[scooterbug44]

If you really think the powers that be are going to let China get involved then you should have your exhaust system checked.

China is already involved - they have more than 30,000 of their people in Libya working on projects and veto power on the UN Security Council.

 

[30ashopper]

Libya could face a "protracted civil war" without a strong U.S. response to the turmoil there, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday as she pressed Congress to fully fund the Obama administration's foreign policy budget.

"The stakes are high," Clinton said in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "A strong and strategic American response will be essential," not only in Libya but throughout the Middle East, if the United States is to protect its national security, she said.

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On the other side of Capitol Hill, a top U.S. military official told the Senate that imposing a no-fly zone over Libya would require first crippling that country's air defenses, including surface to air missiles as well as the Libyan air force.

"No illusions here," said Gen. James N. Mattis of the U.S. Central Command.

U.S. military officials said last night that at least three U.S. warships, including a destroyer already in the Mediterranean and two amphibious assault craft in the Red Sea, were en route to the Suez Canal.

Clinton warns of 'civil war' in Libya without strong U.S. action