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The French hit those vehicles in that military convoy 10 miles from Benghazi center. Tom Send a noteboard - 21/03/2011 03:01:06 AM
Hours, even minutes of delay could have proved fatal. The French hit the military convoy at 4:00 am, about 2 hours before the dawn assault was planned to finish off Benghazi. Once the vehicles were in the streets of the city it would be hard to target them without hitting or killing civilians. Now tell me how giving Qatar 4 hours changed ANYTHING. People who were going to oppose the operation did so anyway. People who weren't didn't. A few jets from Qatar changed nothing from the PR angle and waiting would have been devastating militarily.

Tell me where the flaw in that reasoning is.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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So within 24 hours of the 1st UN mandated action in Libya... Wibble - 20/03/2011 04:38:25 PM 1525 Views
Quite. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 04:41:39 PM 719 Views
The Arab league guy has gone out saying he was misquoted. Camilla - 20/03/2011 05:26:21 PM 769 Views
... completely surprising absolutely no one. *NM* Macharius - 20/03/2011 05:28:20 PM 283 Views
China and Russian abstained instead of voting No, which is odd. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 05:32:02 PM 708 Views
Workplace politics writ large. With more blood. Gads. My hermit instinct is rearing it's head. *NM* Tashmere - 20/03/2011 08:35:35 PM 322 Views
I think we should just ignore anything Russia and China says about human rights.. random thoughts - 20/03/2011 10:15:59 PM 685 Views
Re: I think we should just ignore anything Russia and China says about human rights.. ironclad - 20/03/2011 11:12:11 PM 779 Views
exactly random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:13:28 AM 661 Views
Misquoted to the extent of ordering an emergency meeting of the Arab League uh? Wibble - 20/03/2011 05:41:45 PM 739 Views
Re: So within 24 hours of the 1st UN mandated action in Libya... Macharius - 20/03/2011 05:31:48 PM 858 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 772 Views
And snoopcester - 20/03/2011 05:52:59 PM 739 Views
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 985 Views
That is a big miscalculation. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 06:10:34 PM 834 Views
Not really Wibble - 20/03/2011 06:23:52 PM 867 Views
Agreed. Waiting wasn't an option. *NM* Legolas - 20/03/2011 06:46:39 PM 272 Views
I dunno. Rebekah - 20/03/2011 06:59:18 PM 843 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 718 Views
The impression I got Ryan - 21/03/2011 04:14:57 PM 832 Views
to much diplomacy and not enough action random thoughts - 21/03/2011 04:56:45 PM 750 Views
It is us vs. them. Tom - 20/03/2011 10:30:50 PM 910 Views
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 836 Views
We have had weeks to act snoopcester - 20/03/2011 11:15:15 PM 835 Views
The French hit those vehicles in that military convoy 10 miles from Benghazi center. Tom - 21/03/2011 03:01:06 AM 793 Views
Because when you get involved in what is, unfortunately, an internal matter, Rebekah - 20/03/2011 11:18:16 PM 734 Views
Qatar is not part of Libya so it would still be outsiders interfering in an internal matter random thoughts - 21/03/2011 12:25:30 AM 754 Views
I have to ask: nossy - 21/03/2011 03:13:31 AM 906 Views
I don't think the people in Libya give at rat's ass about what the king of Qatar wants random thoughts - 21/03/2011 05:12:26 AM 874 Views
Imo, it's not about "gratitude." nossy - 21/03/2011 04:05:41 PM 772 Views
I actaully like NPR and listen to them on a regular basis random thoughts - 21/03/2011 04:44:42 PM 795 Views
Well, that has all shit to do with Qatari participation. Tom - 21/03/2011 03:02:19 AM 723 Views
Not so. Rebekah - 21/03/2011 08:54:31 AM 836 Views
Bullshit. Tom - 21/03/2011 01:37:32 PM 971 Views
Well. Rebekah - 21/03/2011 06:58:19 PM 751 Views
That's odd. I'm not seeing any of this criticism. Tom - 21/03/2011 10:55:27 PM 740 Views
There's been plenty on Twitter. Rebekah - 22/03/2011 08:29:48 AM 908 Views
So let me get this straight: Tom - 22/03/2011 06:48:53 PM 824 Views
It's not about "legitimacy" so much as it is about, to use the ugly word, propaganda. Legolas - 21/03/2011 10:33:12 PM 683 Views
The only support I've seen Qaddhafi get is from the rogues gallery of world pariahs. Tom - 21/03/2011 11:01:54 PM 785 Views
Indeed. And they should make sure it stays that way. Legolas - 21/03/2011 11:05:42 PM 810 Views
The PR has very little to do with Qatar joining or not. Tom - 22/03/2011 01:34:33 AM 837 Views
Is the Qatar involvement as important as the Kuwaiti involvement in the Iraq War? random thoughts - 22/03/2011 06:57:27 PM 1167 Views
Kuwait was involved in the Iraq War? *NM* Legolas - 22/03/2011 08:35:21 PM 270 Views
They were part of the famous Coalition of the Willing *NM* random thoughts - 22/03/2011 08:47:55 PM 282 Views
We got our authorization. Tom - 20/03/2011 10:25:10 PM 899 Views
I don't see a situation where this does not turn into a land war. Stephen - 20/03/2011 10:51:41 PM 800 Views
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 787 Views
Yeah, that's what I meant. Stephen - 21/03/2011 12:48:57 AM 723 Views
I doubt it would take US ground troops. Tom - 21/03/2011 03:16:24 AM 701 Views
Fuck that Aisha - 21/03/2011 12:47:54 AM 762 Views
you are always have been a fence sitter random thoughts - 21/03/2011 01:09:59 AM 730 Views
Fuck Gadhafi. Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 05:21:29 AM 664 Views
how full of yourself are you? Aisha - 21/03/2011 12:37:47 PM 825 Views
They're not my people. Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 02:22:46 PM 800 Views
Wha? nossy - 21/03/2011 03:55:51 PM 828 Views
Nope. Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 04:21:21 PM 819 Views
Ok. nossy - 21/03/2011 04:30:44 PM 755 Views
I challenge you to point out where I'd advocated killing anyone but him and the military... Dragonsoul - 21/03/2011 04:45:05 PM 692 Views
The part where I said I misread should sufficiently cover that. nossy - 21/03/2011 04:49:18 PM 812 Views
Do something, get whined at. Do nothing and you get Rwanda. Druid - 21/03/2011 11:19:38 AM 923 Views
I completely agree. *NM* Tom - 21/03/2011 11:04:34 PM 217 Views
I would reply... Wibble - 21/03/2011 11:22:14 PM 657 Views
It is only natural that the girl preferred me to you, but....... Druid - 21/03/2011 11:36:33 PM 796 Views
snoopcester - 21/03/2011 11:38:49 PM 601 Views
Don't me!! Druid - 21/03/2011 11:50:07 PM 737 Views
And you old enough to be her father, you should be ashamed... Wibble - 22/03/2011 12:17:55 AM 540 Views
She said she prefers experience to enthusiasm....... Druid - 22/03/2011 12:24:05 AM 653 Views
Funny. She told me it was all down to the size of your.....wallet. *NM* Wibble - 22/03/2011 12:33:33 AM 263 Views
You know what they say....big wallet....big everything *NM* Druid - 22/03/2011 12:38:56 AM 307 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 704 Views
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