US officials: Libyan operation could last months

[The Straight Story]

US officials: Libyan operation could last months


WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S.-led military action in Libya has bolstered rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces, but the international operation could continue for months, the Obama administration says.

Ahead of President Barack Obama's national address Monday to explain his decision to act against the Libyan leader, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in appearances on the Sunday talk shows that the intervention had effectively rendered Gadhafi's forces defenseless against air attacks and created the conditions for opposition advances westward.

In interviews taped Saturday, Gates and Clinton also defended the narrowly defined U.N. mandate to prevent atrocities against Libyan civilians and said the U.S. had largely accomplished its goals.

"We have taken out his armor," Gates said, adding that the U.S. soon would relinquish its leading role in enforcing a no-fly zone and striking pro-Gadhafi ground targets intent on violence.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110327/D9M7JGB00.html

[hayu_lol]

1. NATO is in now...time to pull...

all our forces out NOW.

[LAGC]

2. Months? Try YEARS.

Its going to be one long, bloody civil war, with or without NATO boots on the ground.

As much as I hate to say it, it might have been better if the "coalition" had not gotten involved.

Sure, the rebellion would have been crushed, but the casualties may have only been in the hundreds. Now we're probably looking at tens of thousands of deaths on both sides.

[Countdown_3_2_1]

3. Oh Goody. Just in time for the next election...

Not one, not two...but THREE (count em folks!) THREE unpopular wars.

[FLAprogressive]

4. isn't that what they said about Iraq?

[Countdown_3_2_1]

5. Now why would the President assure us it would be over in mere days?

Saying things like that is fodder for the pukes. It comes across like the President doesn't know what he is talking about.

[dizbukhapeter]

6. Operation Odyssey Dawn

What a fitting name, literally means beginning of a long eventful journey.

[and-justice-for-all]

7. Fuck that! the Libyans can fight their own revolution...

The US needs mind its own damn business.

[Hannah Bell]

8. knew it from day one. it's not just about libya. libya is just one front in the ongoing

global war.

ww3, if you like.