The Washington Post reports that Tipoli is under heavy bombardment today-so many days of bombardment in the name of a non-fly zone?
Does anyone remember a long history of masking our objectives by ostensibly supporting others---surrogates---like the "free" Iraq forces. etc. etc. There is a long and ignoble history of this as the narrative remains vague and ever shifting.
We are in, we are out. It will be quick, but maybe it won't. Its costing a lot, it's not costing a lot. We hate him, we don't care about him.
It's a dance and no one knows where we all will be when the music stops.
Don't worry, this will go on until K is gone, and we are in control. CLG: "Defense Secretary Robert Gates was asked on ABC's "This Week" if that would mean a U.S. military commitment until year's end, Gates said, "I don't think anybody knows the answer to that." The lack of clarity on that question reflects a worry for lawmakers clamoring to hear fuller explanations from the administration on why the U.S. was embroiling itself in another Muslim conflict and what the ultimate goals of the intervention are."
We know all of Gadaffi's weaknesses. Many of the planes he bought from us were never shipped.
We now have a Libyan Chalabi wooing Congressional support, according to the Boston Globe:
"WASHINGTON -- He arrived in a suit, without an entourage. One day after US missiles began striking Moammar Khadafy's forces, the balding, US-educated professor met Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts at a hotel in Cairo to outline his vision for Libya's future.
"He makes a case that people (DS: WHICH PEOPLE?) want to hear,'' said an aide to Kerry who was not authorized to be quoted by name. "He seems to represent the kind of moderation that people want to see in a new Libyan government.''
Those who have met him -- including Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France -- have emerged from their meetings more confident that Libya's fledgling opposition is steered by democratic and Western-leaning visionaries, not Islamic extremists.
But Jibril, who earned a PhD in political science from the University of Pittsburgh, also underscores a major weakness of the movement to topple Khadafy: their lack of military might. Seven members of the 31-person interim council set up to coordinate the opposition are university professors, while only three are generals, according to a US official who has met with the opposition."
How reassuring! It's almost as if an old script has been up dated and rewritten.
And, more to the point --probably THE point. CLG reports:
'Libyan rebels' to start oil exports soon
Oil fields in rebel-held territory in Libya are producing between 100,000 and 130,000 barrels a day, and the opposition plans to begin exporting oil "in less than a week", a rebel representative said on Sunday. "We are producing about 100,000 to 130,000 barrels a day, we can easily up that to about 300,000 a day," said Ali Tarhoni, the rebel representative responsible for economy, finance and oil, at a news conference. He said the [US-funded] rebel government had agreed an oil contract with Qatar, which would market the crude, and that he expected exports to begin in "less than a week".
Really!
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