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I dunno. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 20/03/2011 06:59:18 PM

I guess the desire to make it look like they were doing something good overrode sense.

They didn't really have time to wait around for Qatar. It was going to be 48hours till they were ready, and in that time too many tanks would have been ensconsed in Benghazi to make any difference.

Lets be real, the resolution was passed and action taken as Gaddafi was banging on Benghazis door. So if you were going to do anything you had to do it then, last chance.

Fair point. But even waiting till Qatar had announced (in a more prominent way) that it was going to be sending help (or asking Qatar to announce it before the first strike) would have been a sensible move. Now it just looks like Us vs Them, and I think that was probably Gadaffi's plan.
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exactly random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:13:28 AM 736 Views
Misquoted to the extent of ordering an emergency meeting of the Arab League uh? Wibble - 20/03/2011 05:41:45 PM 803 Views
Re: So within 24 hours of the 1st UN mandated action in Libya... Macharius - 20/03/2011 05:31:48 PM 932 Views
Apparently Qatar is about to join the fray... it is rather crucial that the Arab world backs this. Legolas - 20/03/2011 05:50:14 PM 840 Views
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There is a lot of politics going on in the Arab League, from what I've read snoopcester - 20/03/2011 05:52:31 PM 1041 Views
That is a big miscalculation. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 06:10:34 PM 912 Views
Not really Wibble - 20/03/2011 06:23:52 PM 929 Views
Agreed. Waiting wasn't an option. *NM* Legolas - 20/03/2011 06:46:39 PM 308 Views
I dunno. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 06:59:18 PM 923 Views
But the people who are going to think that way are going to do it no matter what random thoughts - 20/03/2011 10:13:36 PM 786 Views
The impression I got Ryan - 21/03/2011 04:14:57 PM 982 Views
to much diplomacy and not enough action random thoughts - 21/03/2011 04:56:45 PM 817 Views
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Seriously. I can't believe Snoop and Rebekah's comments. It's like we had weeks to act. Tom - 20/03/2011 10:27:40 PM 903 Views
We have had weeks to act snoopcester - 20/03/2011 11:15:15 PM 908 Views
The French hit those vehicles in that military convoy 10 miles from Benghazi center. Tom - 21/03/2011 03:01:06 AM 865 Views
Because when you get involved in what is, unfortunately, an internal matter, Rebekah - 20/03/2011 11:18:16 PM 798 Views
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I actaully like NPR and listen to them on a regular basis random thoughts - 21/03/2011 04:44:42 PM 874 Views
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Bullshit. Tom - 21/03/2011 01:37:32 PM 1040 Views
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That's odd. I'm not seeing any of this criticism. Tom - 21/03/2011 10:55:27 PM 819 Views
There's been plenty on Twitter. Rebekah - 22/03/2011 08:29:48 AM 979 Views
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Kuwait was involved in the Iraq War? *NM* Legolas - 22/03/2011 08:35:21 PM 303 Views
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how full of yourself are you? Aisha - 21/03/2011 12:37:47 PM 920 Views
They're not my people. Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 02:22:46 PM 863 Views
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Don't me!! Druid - 21/03/2011 11:50:07 PM 799 Views
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Funny. She told me it was all down to the size of your.....wallet. *NM* Wibble - 22/03/2011 12:33:33 AM 302 Views
You know what they say....big wallet....big everything *NM* Druid - 22/03/2011 12:38:56 AM 342 Views
"You old enough to be her father" is usually followed with "I'm impressed and envious" Tom - 22/03/2011 06:50:27 PM 765 Views
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