US Marines/CIA Now Inside Libya? (Hoo-rah!)

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BREAKING: D_B News reports Katie Couric is planning to leave CBS Evening News to join the Marines on the ground inside Libya (Hoo-rah!). When asked why, Couric said it is to honor her friend Steve Jobs who, according to media reports, was given just six weeks to live six weeks ago. Couric also said she hoped she could avoid hearing that "damned Rebecca Black 'Friday' song" by going to Libya.

 

Re: US Marines Now Inside Libya (Hoo-rah!)

I'm thinking that we could really help the people of Libya by buying another vowel for their fair city of Ajdabiya.

 

Re: US Marines Now Inside Libya (Hoo-rah!)

Nothing will be solved until we agree how to spell Gaddafi.

 

Re: US Marines NOT Inside Libya (FIX IT!)

Or until the thread title is corrected.

 

Re: US Marines Now Inside Libya? (Hoo-rah!)

The thread title is fine. I am kind of fond of it.

 

Re: US Marines Now Inside Libya? (Hoo-rah!)

The thread title reminds me of the SNL Weekend Update report about the troops pulling out of Angola.

'A frustrated Angola could not be reached for comment.'

 

Re: US Marines Now Inside Libya? (Hoo-rah!)

Calm down, you two. Shimmer is a floor wax and a dessert topping!

 

Re: US Marines Now Inside Libya? (Hoo-rah!)

US is sliding into long-term military involvement in Libya
Rebel victory depends on US air strikes against Qaddafi's forcesDespite protestations to the contrary, military and intelligence sources find the American role in the operation against Muammar Qaddafi heading only one way: Instead of a transition “in a few days” to NATO i.e. Europe - which US President Barack Obama will no doubt reiterate when he addresses the nation Tuesday, March 29 - the United States is sliding deeper day by day into a third war in a Muslim country.

In the last three days, US air strikes have beaten Qaddafi’s forces into tactical retreat from all its conquests in the rebel-held eastern province of Cyrenaica. This operation rescued the rebels from the certain defeat they faced in the middle of last week, allowed them to retake the strategic oil towns of Ajdabiya, Brega and Ras Lanuf and opened the way for them to drive forward to Qaddafi’s home town of Sirte, the key to Tripoli.

In the view of military experts, the Libyan opposition’s gains are no more than a victory on paper, not the battlefield. Qaddafi and his commanders executed tactical retreats from those towns - not because they were beaten in battle but to avoid being ground down by superior US sea-based and air power. That power opened the door for the opposition rebels to recover the towns they lost in the last three weeks and pose as victors.

http://www.debka.com/article/20807/

 

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Oh, look, DB violates a website's copyright again.

 

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DB, you really need to stop reading whatever Debka is. There's several tons of horseshit in that analysis, starting with the estimation of France and Britain's military capabilities.

 

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Pretty clear from Jon Lee Anderson's dispatch from Libya that he knows move about the rebel forces than our government.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/libya/

 

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This is hysterical. MSNBC has a countdown clock for Obama's statement. Just over two hours to go.

What's he going to say? I'm nearly breathless with anticipation.

I hope he can at least square the contradictory statements made by his Secretaries of State & Defense. They didn't seem to be reading from the same playbook in their Sunday appearances yesterday. You'd think they'd have at least gotten their stories straight in the green room.

And, where's Biden been on this? We know the Girls talked Obama into this war despite Gates' resistance. Where did Joe weigh in? Did they not want to interrupt the fun he was having in Tampa at the Yankees Spring Training?

Did he come back to D.C. for meetings on Libya or did he go straight to his Colorado Ski weekend from Florida.

I'm telling you, Hilary's got to be pissed. Everyone else got to go on vacation and she was left holding the bag. Does Obama just forward his phone at night to her so she can answer the 3:00AM phone calls?