Libya no fly zone

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

How come I always fail with sarcasm ?

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you forgot tthe wink.... ;)

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Originally Posted by Roamy

drop guns from the sky and let the best shooter win!!

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Bring it. Shot about 500 rounds through the AR and my sig's and another couple hundred shooting skeet at the range this weekend. shot 190/200 at one stretch.

I've got my corner covered. ;)

Drop em over there where they feel they don't need em and we'll see how it goes ;)

I don't see where the USA has an obligation, duty, or any other binding agreement to help any of them out. It's not any of our business. Leave them alone.

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

If the UN feels the need to get involved, then that's one thing. But a military mission that depends on the U.S. as the point man is not acceptable (IMO). I do wish the anti-Qaddafi (BTW, is there a name on earth that has MORE spelling variations???!!!) forces the very best of luck in overthrowing this kook. But it is not our (the U.S.'s) fight. Hopefully we are FINALLY getting to the point that we (and others) will stop thinking of the U.S. as the world's policeman.

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Arab's spell the same name in several variations when using the Latin alphabet, so all is accepted and each one is as good as the others.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Arab's spell the same name in several variations when using the Latin alphabet, so all is accepted and each one is as good as the others.

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The different spellings is because names and words that are translated and transcribed between two different languages/alphabets are spelled according to the phonetics (how the word sounds) and not letter by letter.
That means that that a name that is spelled in a certain way in English might be spelled differently in French or Swedish because the letter combinations that created the pronouncation
is/can be different in these languages.

One example is Russian pole vault star Елена Исинбаева. In Swedish her name will be Jelena Isinbajeva, in English: Yelena Isinbayeva, in French: Yelena Isinbayeva and in German: Jelena Issinbajewa.
Different spellings same pronouncation.

There are at least 28 documented spellings of Ghaddafi. If you spoke Arabic, there'd only be one. But, as noted above, that's what you get with phonetic transliteration and translation.

I support a no-fly zone, or even a series of surgical strikes intended to level the playing field. No boots on the ground, though, else any victory will be seen as hollow or even tainted.

I think soon we or nato will crater the runways and blast a few choppers out of the air. no need for boots

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Originally Posted by Roamy

I think soon we or nato will crater the runways and blast a few choppers out of the air. no need for boots

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As they have been saying in news shows, to do that we first need total air superiority which means first destroying all their aniti-air defenses.

That is easier said than done.
If a allied pilot gets shot down and cpatured, it will become a circus.

Quite true bob, but I think it has to be done

Dropping munitions onto Libya would be an act of war.

Also, keep in mind that the current Ghaddafi government is able to provide crude oil far more cheaply than an alternate stable “democratic” government.
Libya does not however, set crude oil prices, OPEC does, but Libya is an OPEC member country.