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it is already is a land war if you ask the people on the ground doing the fighting for weeks random thoughts Send a noteboard - 21/03/2011 12:34:10 AM
We will probably need to put some special forces on the ground to coordinate the strikes but the US has the ability to dismantle Qaddafi's army from the air. Those mercenaries he hired will lose interest the first time a KC130 gunship rips into them and GPS guided ordnance starts destroying every tank and artillery piece they own. I don't know if Obama will be willing to go that far but it wouldn't take much support on the ground if the US decided to really engage his army from the air.
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exactly random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:13:28 AM 784 Views
Misquoted to the extent of ordering an emergency meeting of the Arab League uh? Wibble - 20/03/2011 05:41:45 PM 837 Views
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it is already is a land war if you ask the people on the ground doing the fighting for weeks random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:34:10 AM 902 Views
Yeah, that's what I meant. Stephen - 21/03/2011 12:48:57 AM 828 Views
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