Thedelldays Posted 27 March, 2011 Author Share Posted 27 March, 2011 I see it is now full NATO mission with some ARAB countries thrown in...how long will it last..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 Are we now, de facto, 'allied' to the opposition ? We seem to be clearing the road for them. Also, as put to the head of NATO this morning, and he tried all he could to avoid a straight question, does anybody think that if the rebels were to threaten civilians in some or other way, we would start bombing them, as the UN resolution dictates ? I rather suspect we would find any excuse to avoid it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 I'm just hoping for events to speed up now. Gadaffi is now looking down the barrel of a gun and i'd to hope he now seeks a get out. This is the ideal solution because the sooner he is gone the sooner oil prices come back down. People have questioned the cost to the UK of intervention, but essentially the benefit should eventually be 20+P off a litre of petrol and that equates to roughly £40billion saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 You have got to give gadaffis media bods some credit. They even have their own comical ali giving press conferences every frigging hour the cool dude open neck shirt . reminds me of the former labour spin doctor who was linked with saints But the funniest bit of propagnda for me has to be the Libyan Foreign minister who said that thousands of protesters turned out in london protesting against the british bombardment in Libya. Classy On the other side of the fence. The rebels seem to be a rag tag and bobtail army with the same two rocket launchers and a pickup truck with anti aircraft gun on the back driving up and down the same road . They are scary . Ps they have no more rockets once they have fired them. Classic bit of footage for me was the rebels scavenging for amunition on the road side whilst blasting away with their AK47 Its like a seen from Some mothers do have them war episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickn Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 I'm just hoping for events to speed up now. Gadaffi is now looking down the barrel of a gun and i'd to hope he now seeks a get out. This is the ideal solution because the sooner he is gone the sooner oil prices come back down. People have questioned the cost to the UK of intervention, but essentially the benefit should eventually be 20+P off a litre of petrol and that equates to roughly £40billion saved. Yeh like thats ever going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecuk268 Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 What happens if Gadaffi goes? This is a country with no history of democracy. Who takes over? As with Iraq, the dictator imposes order. if you're going to remove him, it helps if you have plans for who replaces him. Democratic Islamic states seem to be a rarity in the Middle East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 28 March, 2011 Author Share Posted 28 March, 2011 I wonder how long it is before allied ground troops are called in to "protect" something...hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 Its 10 minutes long but it makes you think!!! Fascinating ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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