libya. hell in the desert.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

No fly. I saw a US general say we'd have to bomb antiaircraft sites. The left OK with this?

Pete

It's not an issue of left or right. Bombing their antiaircraft sites is an act of war. The issue is whether what's going on there rises to the level of us committing to yet another war in the Mideast.

BTW, it was Sec. Gates who said this to Congress. If we want to impose a no-fly zone there (and bomb their antiaircraft sites before doing so), the consensus is that we we have to do as part of a broader UN action with support from other Arab nations. Otherwise, we stand to lose more than we gain by doing so.