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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
The British, French and Italians are taking a major role in this effort. From reports, it seems that those three countries have been the major players of the aerial assault with the US providing support mostly with Tomahawk Missiles and the occasional Stealth Bomber.
I'm glad the US didn't jump into being the spearhead of this operation. Right now, the UN has the support of the Arab League. I highly doubt that would be the case if the US initiated the assault without full UN approval.
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Hopefully all our involvement will be the part where we kick the door down; Command and control, Integrated Air Defenses, etc. Big difference in US capability versus the the other countries. I hope it works.
As for Arab League support, don't count on much, for long.
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Originally Posted by justplugit
Wishfull thinking on the part of the Administration.
Gut feeling tells me we will end up, as usual, picking up most
of the military action and expense.
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This is what I fear will happen.
Hopefully Col Q's military and Mercs flip on him. Of course at this stage of the game even if Q is gone and the rebels take over we'll have one of 3 things happen:
1) Rebels will go all fundamentalist anyway.
2) Rebels will fall under Iranian influence and follow the pattern somewhere along option one.
3) We might have some semblance of a modern democracy that remembers help from the west.
Don't expect the latter.
It dawned on me the other day when / where I do most of my philosophical thinking / reading, one great difference between the regions involved based on phrases is:
- Islam: the shout "Insh' Allah" If God Wills It.
- Christianity: "God helps those that help themselves"
No knocking, not going into great humor, but why did the (supposed) maturation of society / civilization seem to jump over large swaths of land between Morocco and western China?
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