The U.S. has just launched the first missiles against Libya! MSNBC

[in_cog_ni_to]

I thought we weren't to be "involved" in this? LIES. LIES. LIES.

[DURHAM D]

1. Have you been watching the news today? nt

[atreides1]

5. I have

And I heard that authorities in Bahrain and Yemen have killed civilians who want democratic changes, but the UN didn't vote for a no fly zone with authorization to attack ground targets to "protect unarmed civilians" in either of those countries!

Different standards I guess, but what else is new.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Yes. Yes I Have. France was flying over Libya. Not the U.S.

All I have read here on DU is the U.S. isn't going to be involved. We were just helping to coordinate strikes. France would take the lead on this. Now WE drop the first missiles?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. That was never true

You should check sources before you just believe anything you see on DU. The US has said it would support the mission. We'll be firing Tomahawk cruise missiles and flying AWACS missions at the very least.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. G-d. While our schools crumble, our roads crumble, our Unions get busted, our health

care system sucks, no jobs, and our teachers suffer. Disgusting.

[Poll_Blind]

41. +14,243,847,292,506

PB

[somone]

45. Exactamente

[DURHAM D]

15. Launched - not dropped. We are not flying over Libya.

We are providing support for the rebels and the French from off-shore.

Soon the US will be heavily criticized for not really having any skin in the game.

[Codeine]

39. Cruise missiles, not bombs.

Not dropped from a plane.

And taking out air defenses and runways is ALWAYS step one in a no-fly operation. It requires air superiority.

[Crazy Dave]

2. But...

Just think of all the defense industry jobs this will create :sarcasm:

[dipsydoodle]

3. So what's new ?

LIES. LIES. LIES.

[David__77]

4. The civilian casualties will come back to haunt the US.

The blood of those martyred by the US will call out for justice.

[DURHAM D]

21. Will we be blamed for the rebels shooting down their own plane

this morning before the no fly got started?

Of course we will - right here on DU.

[David__77]

29. The US has bought the situation now.

...

[DURHAM D]

32. We are not in the lead on this.

Not even close. Its a NATO thing - we are in a support position.

[GSLevel9]

37. what casualties? our precision guided munition produced by the lowest bidder

will deliver death ONLY to people deemed by the Emperor to be unfriendly to the State.

[jaxx]

6. What do you mean we weren't to be involved?

Have you been paying attention to what has been said, or is this just another day in paradise.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. All I've heard here since the UN voted to attack is: The U.S. isn't going to be doing anything.

We're just signing on and helping to coordinate.

[jaxx]

24. Then you heard wrong.

What was said is that the US will not lead the event, but will aid the others in the coalition. Nobody ever said we would be doing nothing.

I'm sure you know this, but prefer to ignore the facts.

[in_cog_ni_to]

35. NO...I could name the poster, but it would be calling him out.

So I won't. He knows who he is. But that is EXACTLY what he said. "THE U.S. IS NOT DOING ANYTHING."

[jaxx]

42. Well that poster didn't have the facts right.

I wouldn't pay attention to what they have to say anymore.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. Yep. That we were going to do this later today has been heavily reported

WASHINGTON — The U.S. prepared to a launch a missile attack on Libyan air defenses, but American ships and aircraft stationed in and around the Mediterranean Sea did not participate in initial French air missions Saturday, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the unfolding intervention.

One official said the U.S. intends to limit its involvement — at least in the initial stages — to helping protect French and other air missions by taking out Libyan air defenses.

An attack against those defenses with Navy sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles was planned for later Saturday, one official said. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of military operations.

The official said that depending on how Libyan forces responded to initial intervention by the French and others, the U.S. could launch additional attacks in support of allied forces. The intention was to leave it to other nations to patrol a no-fly zone over Libya once air defenses are silenced, the official said.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/ap-officials-us-missile-attack-on-libya-readied-031911/

It was also on my local news in newspaper today.

[Uncle Joe]

10. I agree with the Administration of supporting the rebels over Gaddafi, but

they should get Congressional approval before launching any military action.

Thanks for the thread, in_cog_ni_to.

[tekisui]

12. That is a quaint practice that hasn't been used for decades.

[Uncle Joe]

16. Quaint or not it should be used whenever we attack another nation, unless

we're being attacked by some nuclear bombardment and there simply isn't any time.

[tekisui]

19. I totally agree.

[DURHAM D]

27. This is a UN operation and the President has 60 days anyway. nt

[dipsydoodle]

20. Not exactly

The dumbfucks fell for the line fed to them by the "nurse" aka Kuwaiti Ambassador's daughter, about the Iraqis turfing babies from incubators to authorise the first was in Iraq.

[tekisui]

25. There have been 'authorizations' from Congress, but no formal

'declarations' since WWII.

[Dash87]

13. Once again we are helping, and probably arming our future enemies.

We as a country will never learn. :(

The money spent on one of those missiles probably could have fed hundreds, if not thousands of families.

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. SO FREAKIN' TRUE.

>The money spent on one of those missiles probably could have fed hundreds, if not thousands of families.<

[roamer65]

14. Buh bye Libyan air defenses.

Gadhafi had plenty of opportunity to stop his killing of civilians.

Now he loses his air defense systems.

[in_cog_ni_to]

26. I'm all for getting rid of Gadhafi, but as long as we have endless NEEDS

in this country, we should NOT be spending more freakin' money on another freakin' war. It's WRONG.

[Modern_Matthew]

18. Another day of war, another day of doing absolutely nothing for the American people. nt

[cedric]

23. Good for the US

It all depends on whether you believe torture is acceptable or not, whether freedoms that you benefit from should be available to others and whether those who have fought off repression and have asked for help should be aided.

Gaddafi is scum and left to his own devices will kill and murder those who rebel against him. Then again that's easy to say when you sitting in a country where certain rights are upheld.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/03/17/141923.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3ea54fc-50ca-11e0-9227-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1H4oO5CMV

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. Gadhafi is scum, but while this country and its citizens are in desperate NEED,

we have no business spending money on another damn war. Why is it we NEVER have money for our crumbling schools, our disastrous health care system, our crumbling infrastructure, our teachers, our poor, our homeless, our blue collar workers and our unions, but we ALWAYS have BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of freakin' dollars for WAR? WHY?

[SDuderstadt]

28. "Limited role" does NOT mean...

"no involvement".

[Posteritatis]

33. It's amazing how kneejerky people get about this, isn't it?

It's been clear what they were going to be doing since the resolution passed night before last, but people are all surprised and horrified that countries are acting according to how the thing is written. People really need to actually read the intervention resolution and stop getting their talking points about how it's "supposed to just be a no fly zone" from the media.

[SDuderstadt]

46. I call them...

(no pun intended) DU's shoot-first, ask-questions-later brigade.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. Bravo! Hoorah! Another victoiry...for the MIC!

[Modern_Matthew]

34. Each cruise missile costs $600,000. Shared sacrifice, indeed. nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

38. Wow. How many people would that feed? How many schools would that build/repair?

How many roads would that repair? It goes on and on and on....and that's just ONE missile.

[Modern_Matthew]

40. I'm not sure I want to know the numbers. :-( nt

[KoKo]

48. How many Teachers, PolicePersons, Fire Fighers and Others will be Fired to Pay for THIS?

How Many? WE NEED TO KNOW?

What is the cost of EACH CRUISE MISSILE...weighed against the salary of our American Personnel who serve our Communities, Children and Health Facilities? Our Emergency Forces...?

:shrug: WHY ARE WE STILL DOING THESE WARS THAT COST US here AT HOME in AMERICA? :shrug:

[GSLevel9]

36. $600,000 a pop.

I can't think of ANYTHING that $600K TIMES ??? COULD DO TO BETTER PEOPLE LIVES HERE!!!

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[somone]

44. So how many Libyans have Gaddafi killed? 40,000 Americans die every year

in the U.S. because of the lack of health care.

It's none of our damn business. Let the Europeans take care of Gaddafi.

[KoKo]

49. I think, what you say, makes some sense.......n/t

[KoKo]

47. That's what I was thinking... All this Hooplah on Friday...America Not Involved

...YET! Now we are doing 100 Missile Strikes? And, CNN said.. It was to "clear the ground for the Coalition Forces to come in to Monitor the Situation?" :eyes:

Does NO ONE REMEMBER...Bush's IRAQ INVASION and the "Coalition of the Willing?"

Sometimes I think I'm losing my mind...until I go to my FILE DRAWER...filled with Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld's LIES AND LIES...and how hard so many of us worked to expose those lies..and now we have a NEW LEADER..(LEADERS with HILLARY) Doing IT AGAIN?

Oh...please release me from my "information." UGH :-(