Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Monday, March 21, 2011

"But, But, We Didn't Think That You Would Actually Bomb Anyone!!"

That is the whine of the Arab League, which asked the Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. Now they are having buyer's remorse.

Idiots. Have they forgotten what happened in 1991? Imposing a no-fly zone and only attacking Gaddafi's air force would have not stopped his forces from what they were doing. The Libyan army still has armor and artillery, though less of it now.

I was surprised that the Arab League asked for a no-fly zone. I expected them to be more in tune with what has happened in Bahrain and Syria, rather than support a rebellion.

2 comments:

Nangleator said...

At the very least, installing a no-fly zone over a non-conquered country means an initial, rather spirited SEAD. That means it gets pretty boomy, for a while.

I don't know how to feel about Official War #3, but I like the meta-message that you can't just roll tanks over your peaceful protesters.

Stewart Dean said...

Regards But,But, there's the illusion not only of surgical strikes, but psychically defined operations: we should know intuitively what the Arab League wants. Neat trick when they don't know themselves.

There's the (I think true) story of an interview with an Egyptian foreign affairs minister in the aftermath of the Seven Days War, when they got their ass handed to them by the Israeli and lost enormous territory. The journalist asked the Egyptian what terms Eqypt would be discussing with Israeli for peace....and was told, all the land back, the Palestinians repatriated with all their former property and a vote, and other such. The journalist blinked and asked, "What terms would you be pproposing if you had *won* the war?"