General Carter Ham, the commander for US AFRICOM, told Congress today that the Obama Administration would consider sending ground troops into Libya to “aid the rebels,” though he insisted such a move was “not ideal.”
His reasoning was, predictably, nothing to do with the danger of yet another US ground war on the other side of the planet, but because it might harm international support for the ongoing war. The US and France started the war two and a half weeks ago, and have since transferred it to NATO control.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates indicated last week that ground troops were not on the near term agenda, saying that there would be no ground invasion “as long as I’m in this job.” The promise is increasingly meaningless, however, amid talks he could be replaced by CIA Director Leon Panetta within the next few months.
It is already confirmed that the US has had CIA ground forces inside Libya for “several weeks,” and the US has also deployed troops in the nation for “rescue” missions. The question then is not so much if ground troops will be sent to Libya, but to what extent they are already there, and how much this presence will be escalated in the days and weeks to come.
"US may consider ground troops in Libya." Translation- it's a done deal kids.
Ha ha! You stole my answer. :>
Hi dissenter:
But but, I didn't do it on purpose. No really. Wait a minute, we have just proven the premise that great minds DO think alike. Yup.
So IF our whiz-bang feral government actually shuts down, are the boots going to want to 'war' for an IOU?
In this case, money may not be everything. These good boys may be willing to swap pay for a few Afghan heads like the Kill Team. They'll do it for free for their country.
I spoke to a former Diplomat, (not American) a few days ago and we discussed US troop deployment, his slant on things was the UN said that there was not to be occupation by troops. That only meant that troops had to leave immediately after securing the UN security councils objectives in total.
In other words not until Gadhaffi has been found guilty in the Hague.
Oy: they never tire of sending troops, despite every one of these "generals" knowing better. They can't help themselves. The armed forces were conspicuously absent on 9/11 (yo!: provide for common defense?), & they've been tryna convince a weary public since then that there's a tissue of validity to a standing armed force (read: army) in the 21st century.
We have cadres of 2d Amendmenteers eager to form that well-regulated militia: send them. Anyone already in uniform's free to join 'em.
Rebels will advance and then beg for NATO air support. This "war" has 1500 rebels of which 1/4 are al Qaeda. The US military-industrial complex needs targets to keep selling missles at $1 million to blow up mud huts and civilians. They want the American taxpayers to rebuild the country to put money in Halliburton and Dick Cheney's pocket.
Americans, vote Ron Paul. Repudiate the debt owed to the politician war-profiteers and Federal Reserve. Declare bankruptcy! They took us to war for lies so they could profit. Let them eat the losses!
Repudiate the debt! The money that is owed is owed to those who took us to war for lies in order to profit from slaughter. Bankruptcy on the Federal Reserve! Their business is funding wars and government debt and turning the middle class into wage slaves with low-paying jobs. War is increasing our GNP, but destroying liberty and middle class wealth. We can smash their racket if you will help make this message go viral.
Day of Rage in Washington D.C. on 6/30/11
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/462/358/Day_of_Rag…
How long before the notion of an 'enduring base' in Libya is mentioned? A couple of weeks? How long does it take to plan and arrange the logistics for such a base? Years?
NOT JUST NO, BUT HELL NO!
Consider it done! By the time the government says, "may" they've already done it.
Oops. Sorry. Doublet post.
Imagine that in reverse. Libya considers using ground troops in USA.
Come on. That was the plan from the very beginning. Don't be surprised if we have a Libyan 'terror attack' shortly to get the American public to support it.
This is incredible, us voters are little more than a nuisance to the Zionists who are cheerleading for these wars.
LET HIM PAY FOR IT. And whoever else believes in all these sexy wars of choice, let them pay. A checkbox on our tax return, and the fee added from then on until eternity, or until the wars are paid for. And NO transfering money from social security to pay for deficits. THIS TRUST FUND IS FULLY FUNDED, AND IS CURRENTLY HAVING SURPLUS. BABY BOOMERS PAID FOR THE SURPLUS IN ORDER TO FUND THEIR RETIREMENT. So, now —- hands off. Take only what you intend to pay for, not somebody elses.
Here we go… Now that we've taken care of the Middle East, we gotta do our thing in Africa. What will be blowback be from this one? Don't we have enough enemies?
“progressives” like Juan Cole make me sick. Such hypocrites!
we Africans have been forshaken by the GODS of the whitemen, they came preaching tolerance, togetherness, love for one another, pratice of democracy in Africa, only to enslave, colonise, steal our resoucrses, rape our grannies, kill our great patriarcts even though democratically elected as they have always encouraged us the so called uncivilsied to do. Am sad to write this comment but if I may asked, if the removal of Qaddafi was surely to give room for democracy, then why did American government send a CIA agent with a posionous toothpaste to kill a democartically elected primier Patrice Lumumba? Pleases Americans what do you peopele think you are? What kind of democrats do you want Africa to have if those who are voted democratically like kwame krumah were dislodeged by you people? My last remark to Obama is, I appreciate him for being such a civilised black, systematically polished by a white man to bomb Africa but time has come that we the young generation of africa really prefer to die in heaven than to survive in hell. GOD BLESS AFRICA, LONG LIVE AFRICA. AS AFRICANS MOTHERLAND YOU ARE DEAR TO US AND WE WILL LIBERATE YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL. LYBIANS NO ONE SHOULD GIVE UP. Comrade Douglas