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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 10:40 AM
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US Admiral Says NATO Aiming to Kill Gaddafi (Ground Troops May Be Needed)
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

US NAVY Admiral Samuel Locklear III told House Armed Services Committee member Mike Turner last month that NATO forces are trying to kill Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Foreign Policy magazine has reported, citing Mr Turner.

Admiral Locklear heads the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Italy.

Mr Turner, an Ohio Republican who voted against authorising the Libyan operation last week, said the admiral also told him that ground troops may be needed in Libya after Colonel Gaddafi is ousted, the magazine reported.

more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-admiral-says-nato-aiming-to-kill-gaddafi-20110626-1glop.html
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 10:42 AM
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1. is this what "listen to the Generals" gets us?
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Distant Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:40 AM
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10. This war is SO DUMB even the Generals can justify it.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 10:48 AM
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2. Dunno about your definition, but IMO if the goal is to murder the leader of a sovereign nation,
it's war, not a military police action or any other weasel phrase.
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 10:50 AM
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3. Assassinations-R-Us.
A modern day, world encompassing version of Murder, Inc. Hostile takeovers with hot lead.

Louis "Lepke" Buchalter would be proud of the tactics and direction of the US military.

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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:00 AM
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4. recommend
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Distant Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:05 AM
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5. Amb Ginsburg on Libya: CONTRADICTORY, CONFUSED. Even supporters see DUPLICITY
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:10 AM
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6. There isn't going to be any US ground troops. Obama made that clear. It doesn't matter what any
Admiral or General says.
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Distant Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:15 AM
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8. There are Special Forces on the Ground confirmed. U.S. can continue to lie and lie and lie ...
Edited on Sun Jun-26-11 11:17 AM by Distant Observer

You can say they are wearing sandals, not officially working for DOD, are not called "troops" but the evidence is that they are there with the goal of overturning the Gov.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:42 AM
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11. It would be more profitable to defense contractors if there were.
It would mean more war contracts would have to be issued to deal with a new responsibility.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 04:23 PM
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14. Too bad for them. I'm sure they are gearing up for a war with Obama and Panetta on cutting funding
at DOD. It is coming. Congress, the Generals and the Defense Contractors are going fight it every step of the way. We already saw what they did when Obama & Gates insisted on cutting crap the DOD doesn't even want or need.

Congress - both parties - are the root of the problem when it comes to cutting Military spending & having a more sane relationship with the Israeli Government. They f#$k over Presidents of both Parties when they try to do the right thing. They've done it to Obama on both issues.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:11 AM
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7. Does this fall under "We've got to fight them over there." or, "Smoke 'em out" foreign policy?
Or, "Dumb and Dumberer"?
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:39 AM
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9. As long as we keep our ground troops out, I fail to see a problem with killing that butcher. n/t
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:43 AM
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12. You mean, aside from that whole part where it is illegal.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 03:27 AM
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19. Laws are only important when Republicans break them.
Hadn't you heard? We're now the Pro-Extrajudicial Execution party. Yay us!
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Distant Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 12:50 PM
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13. Have fun and go do it. And try not to kill too many other people while you are about it.

But don't expect all tax-payers to be implicated in all the lawless killing
and general mahem.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 04:33 PM
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15. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! You mean all those weeks when they were telling us this was ONLY
about "protecting civilians" they were just messing with us?

Whoa, I sure didn't see THAT coming!
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 05:15 PM
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16. Regime change. The Bush/Obama Doctrine.
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The Northerner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 02:42 AM
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17. And I suppose any opposition to this policy is support for Gaddafi/terrorists? n/t
Edited on Mon Jun-27-11 02:42 AM by The Northerner
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 02:46 AM
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18. But I thought this wan't about regime change?
We supported Qaddaffi for how many years??

What changed so suddenly that the Obama administration now say it is "too late" for his offer to step down at the next election?
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