UN votes in favour of no-fly zone

sanbrafyffe

i think,the british,french and the americans will go in with airstrikes..they state they will take no more threats from gaddafi

what you think

Offy

more oil theft

Absurdum

what threats would they be then?

sanbrafyffe

watch the news why dont you for once:DQUOTE=Absurdum;71220901]what threats would they be then?[/QUOTE]

johngalway

Absurdum wrote: »

what threats would they be then?

Presumably using his own Airforce to kill civilian protesters, two Libyan fighter pilots already landed in Malta at the outset of the crisis declaring that they had been ordered to open fire on demonstrations but refused to do so, had they returned to base, they too would have been killed. No doubt amongst other desperate dictatorial threats

brian ireland

Absurdum wrote: »

what threats would they be then?

Here is one!!
Gaddafi threatens to retaliate in the Mediterranean area if Libya is attacked
Libyan leader vows to retake Benghazi and lashes out at foreign intervention as UN prepares to vote on imposing no-fly zone

Are you not watching the news?

Screaminmidget

So what, button up jeans?

Minstrel27

Absurdum wrote: »

what threats would they be then?

Living under a rock?

Absurdum

brian ireland wrote: »

Here is one!!
Gaddafi threatens to retaliate in the Mediterranean area if Libya is attacked
Libyan leader vows to retake Benghazi and lashes out at foreign intervention as UN prepares to vote on imposing no-fly zone

Are you not watching the news?

threatening retalliation if he's attacked? oh noes! who'da thunk it!

partyatmygaff

Absurdum wrote: »

threatening retalliation if he's attacked? oh noes! who'da thunk it!

Retaliation on civilian ships that is.

Absurdum

ok great


so what happens if/when this no fly zone thing doesn't work?

partyatmygaff

Absurdum wrote: »

ok great


so what happens if/when this no fly zone thing doesn't work?

Depends on what you mean by "doesn't work"?

sanbrafyffe

gaddafi need to be taken down.he is a dictator and murder.

goodgolfer64

attack others???he can barely control a mob in his own country.....
also its a little late for this No fly thing brought in......im sure most civilians already in hiding that he missed

partyatmygaff

goodgolfer64 wrote: »

attack others???he can barely control a mob in his own country.....

He's managed to retake a good few areas from the rebels and people keep flocking to the winning side to avoid his wrath should he fully crush the revolution which is becoming more and more likely.

sanbrafyffe

gaddafi just issues;'its a fight to the death'

KINGVictor

Long time coming!! Thank God...the citizens of Libya would say!

robinph

They need to pull their finger out and do something now, otherwise it could all be over with Gadaffi in Bengahzi by tomorrow.

Sisko

Offy wrote: »

more oil theft

No, don't make mindless comments it makes those of us who criticise the iraq war look bad.

This is one situation where it would be 'right' for them to go in, they don't need to invent made up excuses. In fact gaddaffi looks to be winning now, so if literally oil is all they were worried about, it'd be faster for them to just let him win so he can get back to selling them all that oil....

Which is what I thought they were gonna do but it looks like finally we're seeing some movement.

Gaddaffi needs to go, end of.

robinph

A clearly mad Lybian spokesman on now trying to talk as if they support the UN resolution as it is about being to protect civilians?!?

Stinicker

Good now they bomb Gadaffi to kingdom come! The UN just won back a shred of credibility.

partyatmygaff

robinph wrote: »

A clearly mad Lybian spokesman on now trying to talk as if they support the UN resolution as it is about being to protect civilians?!?

There is an official Libyan diplomat who is against Gaddafi. That could be him.

bobblepuzzle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1MspmfEwg

Chuck Stone

We could be doin with the oil.

SafeSurfer

sanbrafyffe wrote: »

gaddafi need to be taken down.he is a dictator and murder.

If that is the criteria for taking people down you can start writing a very long list.

Hande hoche!

robinph wrote: »

A clearly mad Lybian spokesman on now trying to talk as if they support the UN resolution as it is about being to protect civilians?!?

His dig at Germany was golden.

SafeSurfer

Sisko wrote: »

No, don't make mindless comments it makes those of us who criticise the iraq war look bad.

This is one situation where it would be 'right' for them to go in, they don't need to invent made up excuses. In fact gaddaffi looks to be winning now, so if literally oil is all they were worried about, it'd be faster for them to just let him win so he can get back to selling them all that oil....

Which is what I thought they were gonna do but it looks like finally we're seeing some movement.

Gaddaffi needs to go, end of.

The west has been doing business with psycopathic dictators long before Gadaffi and will continue to do so long after he is gone. Any re write of recent history to make intervention against Gadaffi look like good vs evil is cynical in the extreme. Its only a couple of months ago since France offered to send troops to Tunisia to suppress the people's uprising there until they realised what way the cards were falling. This is down and dirty realpolitik. There are no heroes. Only cynical survivors.