Libyan Civil War Megathread

[Ed Anger]

We're going to end up with Western boots on the ground in Libya soon.  Not a question of it, but when, and who's a big enough sucker to take the initiative.

France. It remains to be seen who he suckers into it.
Probably not the US, besides a few "hush-hush" type operations.

Brits and Wops. With tokens from other useless NATO members.

[Caliga]

Brilliant.  The French will be conquered, the Italian tanks will only drive in reverse, and so the British will be left doing all the fucking work again.

[Ed Anger]

According to the BBC, AC-130's are in action. I NEED GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE.

I Spectre and Spooky. 

[Ed Anger]

Brilliant.  The French will be conquered, the Italian tanks will only drive in reverse, and so the British will be left doing all the fucking work again.

Maybe some Poles will get killed in the op and it'll be a win-win operation.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Brilliant.  The French will be conquered, the Italian tanks will only drive in reverse, and so the British will be left doing all the fucking work again.

Aw crap, and that means we'll have to bail them out again.

[Tamas]

We're going to end up with Western boots on the ground in Libya soon.  Not a question of it, but when, and who's a big enough sucker to take the initiative.

Why though? Why go in?  It is an internal matter, and our airstrikes have proven ineffective.  Even if NATO did go in it would probably be the fucked up stuff we had in the Balkans or Rhuanda.

Well yeah but Sarko would lose some huge face if he was to declare "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!" when Ghadaffi's artillery was still shelling towns in unrest.

They have the choice of:
-keep pretending they are doing something in the air, for a couple of months, until the deadlock gets obvious and the public gets angry, France and allies appear to be weak.
-declare that their mission is over, and basically fuck all those crazy ragheads in the desert. Public goes angry, France and allies appear to be weak
-deploy ground troops, kill Ghadaffi and his crooks, then leave fast. Have their public go angry over the ensuing civil war amongst the other Libyan factions, showing France and allies as weak
-deploy ground troops, kill Ghadaffi and his crooks, maintain a presence, and hope for a miracle, that they will be able to stop further civil war massacres. Spend untold months with this. Prolong it until French elections, hope for the best. Then retreat, making the public relieved, and showing France and allies as weak

[Warspite]

We're going to end up with Western boots on the ground in Libya soon.  Not a question of it, but when, and who's a big enough sucker to take the initiative.

France. It remains to be seen who he suckers into it.
Probably not the US, besides a few "hush-hush" type operations.

Brits and Wops. With tokens from other useless NATO members.

Not much from us. Word from the Chiefs of Staff here is that "the elastic has snapped". Avionics parts for the Tornados operating over Libya had to literally be DHLed from British stocks in Canada, and other aircraft have been cannibalised for this operation.

The army doubt they can sustain a commitment in Libya.

[DontSayBanana]

The book is about the Pentagon's and Air Force's constant attempts to kill the project despite the fundamental need for CAS and as one of the most successful air platforms ever.  Dickhead.

Banana isn't worried about details like that as long as the plane is pretty.

I said it was off-topic, and I was commenting on the part of the description where they were talking about how "ugly" the A-10 is.  So you both can go fuck yourselves, kthx.

[KRonn]

We're going to end up with Western boots on the ground in Libya soon.  Not a question of it, but when, and who's a big enough sucker to take the initiative.

Sounds like the plan! What could possibly go wrong??   

[Berkut]

We're going to end up with Western boots on the ground in Libya soon.  Not a question of it, but when, and who's a big enough sucker to take the initiative.

France. It remains to be seen who he suckers into it.
Probably not the US, besides a few "hush-hush" type operations.

Brits and Wops. With tokens from other useless NATO members.

Not much from us. Word from the Chiefs of Staff here is that "the elastic has snapped". Avionics parts for the Tornados operating over Libya had to literally be DHLed from British stocks in Canada, and other aircraft have been cannibalised for this operation.

The army doubt they can sustain a commitment in Libya.

That is just incredibly sad and pathetic.

The brits ran the world on a shoestring for a couple centuries.

[Caliga]

I blame rock and/or roll.

[Ed Anger]

Considering how sucky DHL is, I'm surprised the parts didn't end up in Texas.

[DontSayBanana]

I blame rock and/or roll.

I blame Rush.

[Tamas]

We're going to end up with Western boots on the ground in Libya soon.  Not a question of it, but when, and who's a big enough sucker to take the initiative.

France. It remains to be seen who he suckers into it.
Probably not the US, besides a few "hush-hush" type operations.

Brits and Wops. With tokens from other useless NATO members.

Not much from us. Word from the Chiefs of Staff here is that "the elastic has snapped". Avionics parts for the Tornados operating over Libya had to literally be DHLed from British stocks in Canada, and other aircraft have been cannibalised for this operation.

The army doubt they can sustain a commitment in Libya.

WTF this brakes my heart

[Caliga]

I blame Rush.

Megadittoes.