Top U.S. general in Libya assault says stalemate with Gadhafi is possible outcome of bombardment

[The Straight Story]

Top U.S. general in Libya assault says stalemate with Gadhafi is possible outcome of bombardment; attacking leader not part of mission


U.S. commander says Libya mission is not in order to support opposition forces, no official communication with opposition - Reuters


http://www.breakingnews.com/

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Pretty convienient time to make that statement. Now General, drop the other shoe please...

What exactly is your advice as to how to break this stalemate (as if we didn't know already).

[David__77]

2. Of course that is true.

It's not just possible, but is also likely.

[PurityOfEssence]

3. So, who do we pay for the oil?

Can we just pronounce--as the French have done--that his is no longer the legitimate government, pump the oil and pay whomever we determine to deserve it? What kind of a precedent is that? So we covet some country's resources, they're having internal strife, and we intervene to strip them of their wealth.

Somehow, this just doesn't seem all that "right", nor does it sound like it won't be used as a greenlight for future exploitation later and elsewhere.

Have we REALLY thought this through? We're behaving all sweet and altruistic, saying that we don't want to get involved in a civil war that we're already well tied to, and we claim that we're not after regime change. How will we change that later? Ooops, sorry, it just seems like he's not the best idea for this country, so now we've decided he needs to go.