What a joke, yet we let the ACC use their force to calm stop the people for protesting in Country where the US Central Command has staging and command & control assets in as well as the military units are coming from other US backed allies.
Talk about you double standard.
Now back to the about the good old Colonel. Well, yeah anything short of UN/EU/US grounds units being sent into Libya, the rebels don't stand a chance. Which I will find more ironic is the fact that we have left this lunatic in charge, much for the same reason one was left in power in Iraq. We knew what we were dealing with them left in charge. The most worrisome thing is after he gone, who will fill the power vacuum.
One of the problems again, is the good Colonel is no idiot. He realizes at this point and time many of the nation who could send military into region to slap his hands don't have the assets available to do so. Even with the US draw down in Iraq we only shifted more to Afghanistan. Libya, Iran, and North Korea all know that for all the talk the UN/US/EU/NATO and what other alphabet soup organization may put out there. They realize since the fall of the Soviet Union many of these place have cut their military deep. Even during the 1980s as the US was going through military build up of sorts, many of her allies had started the military downgrade.
So basically if we do go into Libya, Afghanistan becomes second banana. With the reports I have seen from Afghanistan, I am beginning to wonder what it will actually take to win there. Even with the build up with NATO and more US Troops the Taliban seem to be still strong in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan now. By all accounts they are getting stronger, not any weaker. Then their is the concern that Bin Laden and many of his supporters are still alive and active in the border region too. As long as keep taking away emphasis on hunting down Bin Laden and his group, we are allowing them to win in the eyes of the people who support them. *shrug*
getting off my soap box.
It took several years for US, UK and and allies who helped to stabilize Iraq, for what passes as stabilized government. *Shrug*
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