Likely delay in handover to NATO

Source: MSNBC

A senior administration official says that NATO will not likely take command and control of the overall mission in Libya on Wednesday (as President Obama announced in his speech last night) -- that the full transition will likely be delayed.

The transition will be pushed further in the week, but "no more than a day or two," the official said, adding that this is "not unexpected" and "not unusual."

The official said that media reports of delays "are legit, but minor in the big picture," adding that the process "will take just a bit longer to play out."

"It is a major muscle movement," the official said.

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"It is a major muscle movement"

Everything will drag on longer or be more expensive or be more difficult, just like Iraq. And pretending that moving it to NATO means we are not involved is a sham.

and modulated tones.

:shrug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc381zH_IeU

:hi:

:eyes: is there some sort of training center where they go to learn how to say this weird stuff?

Give this one time.

will carry the photos?

The people guilty of those crimes are few among many. My Grandfather was a Marine - a Marine who did things that haunted him for the rest of his life (after WW II), but he never tortured an innocent. The vast majority of them, I think, aren't that different from the sort of man he was. One of the best I've ever known.

Most of those serving in our armed forces do not and would not take place in torturing innocents or even prisoners of war. There are some that do and will - just as there are some that do and will do terrible things no matter where you go. You probably realize this, I'm just saying it for clarification. We can't paint them all with the same brush. I have faith that most of our armed forces have integrity and compassion.

the participation, both active and passive. But no sense talking about it.

Bring the rain

Article doesn't say... :shrug: Does it mean that we are "muscling NATO because they are reluctant or is the US being muscled in some way by NATO?

US gunships blast Gaddafi's troops
Tue Mar 29, 2011 10



The US has used AC-130 gunships and A-10 Thunderbolt tankbusters against Moamar Gaddafi's troops in Libya, the Pentagon has confirmed.

Vice Admiral Bill Gortney confirmed the use of the ground attack aircraft this morning but denied the US was directly supporting rebel fighters.

Unlike the long-range guided missile attacks that have targeted command centres and anti-aircraft defences, both aircraft are designed for close-range assaults against ground troops.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/29/3176341.htm?section=justin

I still don't see what difference it makes whether NATO is in charge or not. If you read the comments in the foreign press articles about NATO involvement in Libya right now, you will see, "U.S. Forces" this and "U.S. Forces" that.

Just a bunch of doublespeak.

There was never a real intention to hand it over to NATO.
We will still be calling the shots next year when this debacle drags into year 2.