Military option in Libya?

[Seamonkey]

What’s the deal with a “military option” on the table in Libya?

I’ve got my head buried in school work the past couple weeks and don’t watch TV but I am aware of the revolts/riots/civil unrest in the Middle East. Just wondering, with all these countries having revolts and some of the governments opening fire on the protesters (Bahrain) what’s the deal with Libya?

I realize the Navy’s got the Gulf covered and the rest of the land lubbers have bases in Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain and all the rest…. So why is there talk of military action in Libya and not in these other countries?

[HBARleatherneck]

i dont know the reasoning. but, they need to stay the fuck out. pull all our troops out of iraq and afghanistan and post them at our southern border, our nothern border and the ports. stop all smuggling, human or cargo. and do it now.

[2008f450]

i dont know the reasoning. but, they need to stay the fuck out. pull all our troops out of iraq and afghanistan and post them at our southern border, our nothern border and the ports. stop all smuggling, human or cargo. and do it now.

+1 We need to protect us and our people first. Im tired of the U.S. being the helping hand for the world. Tired of our comunist in chief saying sorry for what we do. Bring our military home,seal the borders. Tanks on the border and snipers in the brush. Try crossing now pablo

[275RLTW]

So why is there talk of military action in Libya and not in these other countries?

Because we already have guys in the other countries...

[Hoosier]

What’s the deal with a “military option” on the table in Libya?

I’ve got my head buried in school work the past couple weeks and don’t watch TV but I am aware of the revolts/riots/civil unrest in the Middle East. Just wondering, with all these countries having revolts and some of the governments opening fire on the protesters (Bahrain) what’s the deal with Libya?

I realize the Navy’s got the Gulf covered and the rest of the land lubbers have bases in Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain and all the rest…. So why is there talk of military action in Libya and not in these other countries?

The only military option that's being discussed is enforcing a no-fly zone. Ghaddafi is using attack fighters and helo's to try and defend Tripoli. This is what the F-117 and F-22 are made for, I'm sure we could burn up a few AGM-78/AGM-88 eating radar sites around Tripoli.

I'm all for keeping those aging Mirage and Eurocopters sitting on the tarmac. We enforced no-fly over northern and southern Iraq for a decade.

However, I'm incredibly opposed to putting US military boots on the ground in-country. We need another war in the middle east like we need a hole in the head.

Oh, and why Libya and not Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen (yet), Saudi Arabia? The answer is easy: Only in Libya is the old power regime using aircraft against the rebels.

H.

[275RLTW]

Oh, and why Libya and not Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen (yet), Saudi Arabia? The answer is easy: Only in Libya is the old power regime using aircraft against the rebels.

H.

Egypt
Tunisia
Bahrain
Yemen
Saudia Arabia


These are just some of the advertised presences in those countries. If there are bases and access to an airfield... then we most likely have other guys on the ground there as well.

[clublights]

Hoosier's got this right

Deploy the F-22 to Aviano in Italy with tanker and AWACS support and you can deny the air to Libyan aircraft easy enough.

This is EXACTLY what it was designed for Air Superiority in hostile airspace!

Besides it will shut up the nay sayers about the F-22 by proving it in combat.

[Elhuero]

putting our troops anywhere near a muslim infested african civil war is a blunder of epic proportions. let's hope that obama's inexperience doesn't get the better of him.

[Byte Stryke]

we need to pull out of the area and spend the trillions of dollars in domestic oil development and exploration.

There is nothing wrong with our supply, its development of our supply and refinery technologies that needs work.


Besides, maybe they will kill themselves off and then we can get theirs on the cheap.

[brokenscout]

It was a mistake to go into Iraq, let them kill each other. Atleast while there killing each other it keeps them busy. Also its none of our business. Start issueing some permits to drill oil over here or better yet go kick Chavez out, he is closer anyways. Or even better, let Israel deal with it.