http://drscoundrels.com/2011/04/07/breaking-u-s-may-consider-boots-on-ground -in-libya/
U.S. May Consider Boots on Ground in Libya Apr 7, 2011 by James Hyde <http://drscoundrels.com/author/james-hyde/> i 5 Votes Quantcast <http://drscoundrels.com/?attachment_id=6172> http://drscoundrels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/gad1.jpg In a cowardly way, Gaddafi outfoxed the coalition by putting his planes and vehicles near mosques and schools where he knew we wouldnt fire. Fox News <http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/07/general-consider-sending-troops-lib ya/?test=latestnews> and MSNBC <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42468330/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/> are reporting that the United States is considering putting boots on the ground in Libya after Obama promised he would not authorize such a contingency. It seems that our withdrawal from the coalition in Libya may have led to a stalemate in the battle on the ground. Turning over control of the No-Fly zone to NATO is not working out. Army Gen. Carter Ham told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the situation on the ground is now a stalemate between the warring factions and Gaddafi has begun to position his planes and other assets, such as vehicles that had been targets from the air, near mosques and schools. Because this is a humanitarian mission, killing civilians, especially in schools and mosques, would do enormous damage to the missions raison dêtre and the only possible option may be to put an international force, including U.S. troops, on the ground to aid the rebels. Troublesome to myself and many others is our lack of intelligence about what comprises the rebel coalition. Persistent rumors of al Qaeda involvement have gone unconfirmed, yet they persist, and if we hand power over to people who wind up being our enemies tomorrow were looking at a similar situation as we had when we supported the Mujhadeen in Afghanistan. When the Soviets invaded, we gave bin Laden and the Taliban stinger missiles, some of which have been used against us in both Iraq and Afghanistan. . Senator John Cornyn agrees, pointing out that our lack of knowledge of just who the rebels are is an intelligence failure, and he isnt pleased that we are even considering aiding them until we do know who they are and what they believe. In addition, weve been told that our aircraft were being pulled out of the coalition, yet General Ham stated otherwise. He told lawmakers that we are providing some strike aircraft that dont need to go through the approval process set up to allow our assets to be usedwhatever that means (most likely, such aircraft as F-16 fighters would have to go through some approval process before they could rejoin the air battle. Specifically, the AC-130 gunships, which fire ordinance from the side of the aircraft, have been made available to NATO, Ham confirms. While Ham explained that the military was considering options, he did express concerns about our joining such a force. He believes that it could negatively impact the coalition and make it harder to get Arab support, which the U.S. views as critical. The turn over and pull out of our assets was to prevent our being involved in yet a third war in a Muslim nation. One of the issues the general pointed to is the way Gaddafi is positioning his air and other military assets in civilian areas, primarily mosques and schools, where civilian casualties would become far more likely. That makes it far tougher for the air assault to take out those assets. If civilians start being killed at the coalitions hands, which has already occurred in small numbers, we could find ourselves in another Iraq or Afghanistan. In laymans terms, whats happened is Gaddafi is using human shields inside mosques and schools and to protect his aircraft to outfox the coalition, tanks and other vehicles. We have Special Forces (Navy Seals, Rangers, etc) on the ground in Libya now, as is widely known. Their job is to paint Gaddafis planes and tank with lasers. Aircraft above aim their rockets for the assets that are lit up. But now that theyre in populated areas, painting them is useless. In addition, both sides in the civil war are at a stalemate. neither is gaining ground and the only way to break it is for the coalition to to put boots on the ground. We will follow this closely and update. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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