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[Cosimo]

We don't have the resources to be in Libya and correct me if I am wrong but all the bombing hasn't stopped civilians being killed.

The UK has enough resources to contribute to the international coalition.

 

[do_ron_ron]

The UK has enough resources to contribute to the international coalition.

Unless one of Gaddafi's men kills him you will not get a military solution. It would take NATO troops on the ground. That would cause an uproar.

The rebels mainly seem to be a bunch of cowboys, good for shooting rifles and machine guns up in the air for the TV cameras. They will not beat proper soldiers.

 

[Danthus]

The UK has enough resources to contribute to the international coalition.

Did you read the article in the Telegraph?

 

[Robbo]

Unless one of Gaddafi's men kills him you will not get a military solution. It would take NATO troops on the ground. That would cause an uproar.

The rebels mainly seem to be a bunch of cowboys, good for shooting rifles and machine guns up in the air for the TV cameras. They will not beat proper soldiers.

Are special forces not a solution? It cant be impossible to locate him.

 

[sanaxe1]

The F22's are far to unreliable from what i have read and apparently there was a abit of a red face moment when it came up against a Typhoon in training.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It is getting better:

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE72R25S20110328

Looks like the Rebels are free to export oil.

 

[Cosimo]

Did you read the article in the Telegraph?

No I read The Times.

 

[Danthus]

As we speak there is a conference going on in London to discuss the future of Libya. Libya does not have a representative there.

 

[Cosimo]

As we speak there is a conference going on in London to discuss the future of Libya. Libya does not have a representative there.

So it's something one would expect to happen:

Members of the international community are to hold a meeting in London later to discuss the next steps for Libya amid the UN-backed military action.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron said he hoped the meeting of about 40 delegations would ensure "maximum political and diplomatic unity".

Foreign Secretary William Hague met a Libyan opposition envoy before the summit to discuss humanitarian needs.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So it's something one would expect to happen:

I assume they were also talking about oil too.

 

[Danthus]

So it's something one would expect to happen:

It is wrong though and just goes to show all the bluster about humanitarianism is a smokescreen.

 

[do_ron_ron]

It is getting better:

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE72R25S20110328

Looks like the Rebels are free to export oil.

Obama said that getting rid of Gaddafi was up to the Libyans. Except the rebels would be free to sell oil while Gadaffi cannot and the rebels have a NATO umbrella.

Robbo:If special forces go in(and the first attempt ended in farce) and it gets known or some are captured then expect another 7/7 or worse.

 

[Danthus]

I assume they were also talking about oil too.

Who knows but you can bet your bottom dollar they will be talking more and more about Mustafa Abdul Jalil, both Hague are Sarkozy have met with him.

He is the leader of The Interim Transitional National Council.

http://ntclibya.org/english/

 

[Robbo]

Robbo:If special forces go in(and the first attempt ended in farce) and it gets known or some are captured then expect another 7/7 or worse.

Well, we're there anyway so why shouldn't we expect another 7/7 now?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Obama said that getting rid of Gaddafi was up to the Libyans. Except the rebels would be free to sell oil while Gadaffi cannot and the rebels have a NATO umbrella.

Robbo:If special forces go in(and the first attempt ended in farce) and it gets known or some are captured then expect another 7/7 or worse.

They will probably use the oil revenue to buy weapons too.

Like I said before why can't the government just admit they want regime change instead of all this nonsense.

 

[Biohazard]

They will probably use the oil revenue to buy weapons too.

Like I said before why can't the government just admit they want regime change instead of all this nonsense.

Because regime change is illegal 99% of the time.

If they were to state the truth, we would be acting illegally as it would be an unjustified war of aggression.

 

[Danthus]

Because regime change is illegal 99% of the time.

If they were to state the truth, we would be acting illegally as it would be an unjustified war of aggression.

As opposed to lying and partaking in an unjustified war of aggression?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Because regime change is illegal 99% of the time.

If they were to state the truth, we would be acting illegally as it would be an unjustified war of aggression.

So we go around telling the world saying that they should be open and yet don't even practice what we preach.

On top of that we tell other countries they are corrupt and yet look at the amount of people in government making false expenses claims and military materiel going missing.

Edit!!

I hope this all ends well for the Libyan people as a whole.

 

[Danthus]

I love all this talk of partitioning the country.

Assuming this map is accurate, where do we all think the lines will be drawn?

 

[arknor]

Obama said that getting rid of Gaddafi was up to the Libyans. Except the rebels would be free to sell oil while Gadaffi cannot and the rebels have a NATO umbrella.

Robbo:If special forces go in(and the first attempt ended in farce) and it gets known or some are captured then expect another 7/7 or worse.

lolwut

US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice says Washington has not ruled out arming Libya's rebels. "Over the long term, as the [US] president said, there are other things at our disposal that perhaps will assist in speeding Gaddafi's exit," she told CBS's The Early Show.