Arab League Chief criticizes strikes ..says : Aim was to Protect Civilians Not Bombard Them..

[KoKo]

Arab League chief says air strikes on Libya differ from the no-fly zone which was called for; aim was to protect civilians not bombard them

http://twitter.com/REUTERSFLASH

[Codeine]

1. You can't have a no-fly zone

without taking out SAM sites, dumbass.

edit: Dumbass in this case is the Arab League dude, not KoKo.

[KoKo]

3. What's interesting is that the Arab League is supposed to be leading the efforts

--at least that's what our SOS said. It was supposed to look like this was another "coalition of the willing," but led by Arabs so the US wouldn't be criticized for interfering in another Arab country's affairs. Now they are criticizing? Politically this looks like them stabbing us in the back. Was that the intention all along?

[jimmie]

7. The guy is a dumbass.

N/T

[dkf]

2. Pah these guys are clueless.

What did they think would need to be done? They called the missiles in and didn't realize people would get killed? All who support these attacks should have known people would die over this.

How many more do we have to kill to equal Qadaffi?

[Tatiana]

4. CYA for Arab League. They drew us into this conflict quite purposefully.

It's pretty hard to enforce a no-fly zone if the other side is launching missiles at your aircraft.

We'll get blamed for these civilian deaths and I doubt we are going to win many hearts and minds in Libya. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it. This smells like a trap or a set-up to me.

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. Silly Man. You Can't Have Freedom Omelettes

Without breaking a few freedom eggs :sarcasm:

[L. Coyote]

6. The resolution passed. Now, they'll do whatever they please.

Never mind legal niceties, the UN Charter, or the dissenting votes and Nations.