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2011-07-31 Africa North

Is NATO ready to lower the bar in Libya?

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Posted by ryuge 2011-07-31 10:46|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Are they going to dig a special bar-shaped hole for the bar?

Posted by PBMcL 2011-07-31 12:12|| 2011-07-31 12:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Lower the bar? What, did they run out of booms?

Posted by SteveS 2011-07-31 13:07|| 2011-07-31 13:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, our current stated policy is to protect civilians from Qadafi's forces and the unstated policy is to kill Qadafi.

What has been developing, IMO, is that we can't actually protect civilians from rebel Islamist forces, nor from rebel bandit forces, nor from rebels who just don't know how to aim. Furthermore, we would be happy to have Qadafi just confined to a mini Libya.

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-07-31 15:05|| 2011-07-31 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 "The observance of ~~Tet~~ Ramadan will begin in a few days..."

Posted by Pappy 2011-07-31 17:14|| 2011-07-31 17:14|| Front Page Top

#5 subscription-only link, article is blocked by paywall...

Posted by gromky 2011-07-31 17:54|| 2011-07-31 17:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Got through fine. Multiple times. It's probably your Little Corner of Paradise.

Posted by Pappy 2011-07-31 19:00|| 2011-07-31 19:00|| Front Page Top

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