U.S. Flying Armed Drones Over Libya: Sec. Gates announces

[KoKo]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drone aircraft in Libya to improve the precision of low-level attacks on ground targets, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.


U.S. Flying Armed Drones Over Libya: Gates

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The first Predator mission since Obama's go-ahead was flown Thursday but the aircraft – armed with Hellfire missiles – turned back early due to poor weather conditions, Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference with Gates.

"President Obama has said that where we have some unique capabilities, he is willing to use those," Gates said. "And in fact he has approved the use of armed Predators."

"What they will bring that is unique to the conflict is their ability to get down lower, therefore to be able to get better visibility on targets that have started to dig themselves into defensive positions," Cartwright said. "They are uniquely suited for urban areas."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/us-drones-libya_n_852208.html

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. It's the famous "When stuck in hole keep digging" strategy for FUBAR wars.

[Mimosa]

2. Reminds me of Vietnam, and Libya is like Cambodia or Laos. n/t

[KoKo]

8. For those of us alive and cognizant at that point...Yeah...it's Scary

the parallels.. :-( It won't end up good thing.

[EFerrari]

4. It reminds me of "a little pregnant".

They want the real estate but not the bad press.

[Baclava]

3. Drones need ground support - wonder where they'll be flying from...Italy?

Oh, and don't be shootin' those AK's up in the air, you rebels, something might shoot back

[KoKo]

5. Yes..I know someone stationed there...can't say anymore...

[bluestate10]

6. Oh yes. A game changer is now in play. Nutball may want to call his buddy Chavez

to arrange a safe new home.

[KoKo]

7. Who is "Nutball" and what does this have to do with Chavez that the Righ Hates?

:shrug:

Seems you are trying to make connections that just aren't there to trash Populist/Peoples standing up for their RIGHTS!

[bluestate10]

11. Either you have a serious reading comprehension problem, or had you

head stuck somewhere for the last two months. If you don't know who the nutball is, there is nothing that I can do or say that will help you.

[Distant Observer]

16. Yeah. And our leadership is so sane and effective -- NO PROGRESS FOR AVERAGE PERSON IN 30 YEARS.

[David__77]

9. Won't make a difference.

But I'm sure they will kill a number of babies. More blood on the hands of every US citizen.

[KoKo]

10. Yep...they said "Drones are better in Urban Areas." How about some 18 - 20's playing War Games

fresh out of Mom & Dad's Home...yelling "HOOOO YA" LETTER RIP...as the Drone unloads it's deadly bomb and hits some "target" faked out by some yahoo in the Pentagon. Kid "let's 'er Rip" and Family and Children DEAD because Pentagon Intelligence Says: "ALERT Terrorists there...disguised as civilians!" Kid doesn't even know who he's hitting...but it's "War Games, BABY" to the kid. :-(


It's disgusting!

[crickets]

12. *sigh*

There's another little Gomer Pyle soundbyte going off right about now...

[Gravel Democrat]

13. ^^^

http://quotes4all.net/george%20washington:2.mr.jpg

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
George Washington

more cool quotes from the first man to walk away from power
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_washington.html

[Distant Observer]

14. Oh how we LOVE TO KILL WITHOUT RISK or responsibility. Some call it bloody murder.

[lunatica]

15. Thus start the war tactics and strategies of the future

That's one way of keeping the promise of no troops on the ground. So in the not too distant future we can just have our troops sitting comfortably in their parents' basements sending our robots to kill. How convenient for us. Who said playing video games isn't a career builder?