Obama considering military action against Libya

Source: CBS News/AP

President says U.S. still may take military action in wake of "unacceptable" violence under Muammar Qaddafi

(AP)

President Barack Obama says the U.S. and its NATO allies are still considering a military response to violence in Libya.

Speaking at the White House, Obama says the U.S. will stand with the Libyan people as they face "unacceptable" violence. He says has authorized millions of dollars in humanitarian aid.

The president sent a strong message to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, saying he and his supporters will be held responsible for the violence there. Libyan warplanes launched multiple airstrikes Monday on opposition fighters in the second day of a harsh government crackdown to thwart rebels advancing on Qaddafi's stronghold in Tripoli.

Obama spoke on Monday alongside Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who is in Washington for meetings.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/07/politics/main20040093.shtml?tag=stack

Wait, I know. More tax cuts for the rich. That'll make them suffer!

and a bunch of speculatory news leaks from anonymous sources will not change my view.

:crazy:

Our planes would have to attack Libya's anti-aircraft sites, airfields, and if we're acting as their air support, we'd be called in to attack ground forces as well. Soon we're engaged in a full-scale war.

One cruise missile could take Khadaffi out in 2 minutes.
We know where he is staying, what building he is in, and what it takes to get to him.

This isn't like Osama bin Laden and his complicated, multi-level underground cave compound that the NYT drew a cartoon so generously for all of us a few years ago.

... with a spectacular lack of success that time too ...

Seems like some people believe "Team America" was a documentary!
:rofl:

We can put a cruise missile within 2 feet of any object these days.
Come rain or come shine.

Just one A-10 Warthog could take out any radar installations Khadaffi may have for his palace retreat. They're nearly invincible.

I find your one-handed typing on this subject is somewhat incongruous
with respect to your chosen avatar but will leave you to your fantasies ...
:hi:

They can do it within ten minutes of me writing this if they wanted to, since they have drones flying over Libya as we speak.

We'll be standing between them and their oil.

Can't we ever just sit one out once in a while?

It's been almost 3 weeks.
Enough is enough.

I feel sorry for the people of Libya but:
1. we can't afford any more wars
2. we need to focus on what is going on in our own country for once
3. we need to stop the Republicans and Tea Pary idiots from turning our country into either an oligarchy or fascist country.

Keep out - stay away - fuck no!

I feel for the people of Libya but

we can't afford it. and we do not want the people of the middle east to think we were behind all this. Libyans should take their own freedom, as every people have to.

This is nuts. He wants to have a THIRD war? This is totally out of line. Let them settle it on their own. Perhaps some countries there, in the Middle East, or Africa can help.
Who made us the world's police any way? What's wrong with the UN?
This is just SO WRONG!

What's up with the Enterprise carrier group. Did it suddenly turn around, and head back toward the Med? I bet it has.

Here we go again!

:banghead:

it's worked so well in the past.

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to take back Wheelus AFB. Would make a great staging area for the middle east. Was there in the early 60s when we gave the air force of King Idris it's first aircraft and eventually returned the base as well. That early air force consisted of one Gooney Bird(DC-3)and two, two-seat T-33s(F-80).

Gobs of info on Wheelus...just google Wheelus Air Force Base.

I don't believe anything he says anymore.

Obama has never said anything of the sort implied but unstated by this article. Obama has wisely NOT intervened, and I expect that will continue. US military should NOT be a force for projection of socio-economic system or intervention in other countries' affairs.

Indeed. I gladly agree that we will NOT be invading Libya. It's not our fight. It IS a fight however. If anyone, I would expect the EU, AU or the Arab League to stepin with boots on the ground as it were.

Regardless of the protestations and expectations, for better or worse, the United States IS looked at by most of the rest of the world as the world's defacto 'police force'. I don't like it one bit, but there it is. Expect it to continue til we go broke...errr...MORE broke.


--EDIT--

Oh, let me add that, while we are looked at as the world's police force. That view seems to quickly change once we arrive 'on the scene' unfortunately.

Russia will back Qaddafi to keep things nice and unstable and we'll be in for more war than we can handle.

the US-backed army of the Republic of South Sudan has been killing about the same rate, where's the intervention there? Oh right, they're already being backed 100%.

ground troops!!

...odd there is no action is supporting the Honduran people who are being subject to violence and terror. Or, maybe, violence against progressive elements are "acceptable."

Kucinich/Sanders 2012

... military action against Wisconsin Governor Walker while he's at it.

I'm tired of war and how many friends I've lost.