Which is why I said we can support them without boots on the ground. No fly zone is tricky and I'm not sure if it's even needed. Has anyone confirmed the aerial bombings yet?
. On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Because we have no idea HOW to help. In other words, if we establish a > no-fly zone we have no idea if: > > (1.) That it will help the rebels. > It may be great propaganda for Gaddafi ("they're coming to steal your oil!") That didn't work in Iraq so I'm not worried. > (2.) That we *want* to help the rebles. > We don't know who they are! You're making a massive assumption that they > want democracy or even a smidgen of US/western help. THEY may us our "help" > against us. The Brits have already run into trouble: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/06/liam-fox-sas-unit-libya Nobody said it was easy. > (3.) That we can afford to help the rebels. > Afghanistan has failed and Iraq is a question mark. There's a big history > lesson out there that you don't get involved in revolution - you can help > arm people like the French did for the US - but going in militarily usually > fails. If we can afford to flush $13 trillion on scamcare whats another couple of billion here and th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334949 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
