CNN TV: US may arm Libyans

[LLStarks]

Interesting development.

[Fumesucker]

1. What could possibly go wrong?

:shrug:

[MadHound]

2. And the merchants of death swoop in to get their blood money.

And these are the same people who will pressure the government to keep us involved in this war. After all, it is good for business.

[Hannah Bell]

3. wow, what a surprise. not.

[marmar]

4. This is beginning to feel like Gulf War I......

Rise up against Saddam. We won't abandon you....We promise.

[razorman]

6. Just ask the Cubans...or the Vietnamese...or the Iraqi Kurds.

[Catherina]

9. Already they're shouting "Sarkozy, where are you?"

Al Jazeera played the clip tonight.

By RYAN LUCAS, Associated Press – Tue Mar 29, 7:03 pm ET

RAS LANOUF, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's forces hammered rebels with tanks and rockets, turning their rapid advance into a panicked retreat in an hourslong battle Tuesday. The fighting underscored the dilemma facing the U.S. and its allies in Libya: Rebels may be unable to oust Gadhafi militarily unless already contentious international airstrikes go even further in taking out his forces.

Opposition fighters pleaded for strikes as they fled the hamlet of Bin Jawwad, where artillery shells crashed thunderously, raising plumes of smoke. No such strikes were launched during the fighting, and some rebels shouted, "Sarkozy, where are you?" — a reference to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the strongest supporters of using air power against Gadhafi.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110329/ap_on_re_af/af_libya

Fucking tragic. I wonder how people like Sarkozy sleep at night.

Edit. Al-Jazeera just reran the clip. It's not just Sarkozy where are you? It's Sarkozy, are you sleeping?

Napolean is taking his nap. Do not disturb.

[Terra Alta]

5. Yeah, now there's a good idea.

:sarcasm:

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. They should take to the streets in protest.

Guns aren't the answer, people power is the answer! Fill the streets!

Against it, mere weapons are powerless.

Imagine -- if the Libyans rose up in their tens, or even hundreds of thousands, Qadaffi would be gone in a week.

Or not, as the case may be.

[TimesSqCowboy]

8. We've had this in mind for a while, since we apparently requested language in the UN

resolution authorizing force that provided an exemption to the UN resolution prohibiting providing weapons to any of the combatants.

[Catherina]

10. +1 We sure did. n/t

[Marr]

11. I'm sure they'll be "humanitarian" weapons.

Hey, where are those people who were saying this was all about "protecting the Libyan people"?