What are pros and cons of a no-fly zone over Libya? - CSMonitor.com
“Why did we bother building a stealth bomber” if not to use it to take out Libyan air defenses in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, asks Michael Knights, Lafer fellow in the Military and Security Studies Program at the The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Nice to have that finally explained. And here's one from Michael Singh, former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council under the Dubya administration:
“There are risks with a no-fly zone, and the chance that it could bring the conflict to an earlier close,” says Singh.
“This is why military decisions are hard," he adds. "If they came with a guarantee of military victory, there would be no question about what to do.”
If you know you're going to win you can beat up anybody you want to. That's how a bully thinks.
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