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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 11:19 PM
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If Canada's air command was to be used for ONE thing.... Libya
Sent some CF-18s to bomb the shit out of this "army of mercenaries" from other African nations coming to slaughter Libyans.
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Very_Boring_Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 04:52 AM
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1. How about no?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 05:08 AM
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2. I totally think we should
Edited on Thu Feb-24-11 05:09 AM by HEyHEY
Bombing murderous, paid goons on their way to slaughter people protesting an evil dictator is the one thing we SHOULD have an airforce for.
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Very_Boring_Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 05:25 AM
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3. Yup. And then we'd end up at war with Libya and years of Gadaffi loyalists suicide bombing Toronto
No thanks.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 05:37 AM
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4. Bah. that won't happen.
His loyalists will be too busy being strung up.
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Very_Boring_Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 05:39 AM
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5. Neither will Canada bombing Libya
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 08:03 AM
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6. It just did, you seen the CBC?
Kdding, but I made you look :P
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-11 01:51 AM
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7. .........
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 05:10 PM
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9. You mean like those waves of Gadaffi loyalists suicide-bombed the US?
Oh, wait.
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CHIMO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-11 07:21 PM
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8. Cameron backtracks on Libya no-fly zone plan as US distances itself
Britain has backtracked from its belligerent military stance over Libya after the Obama administration publicly distanced itself from David Cameron's suggestion that Nato should establish a no-fly zone over the country and that rebel forces should be armed.

As senior British military sources expressed concern that Downing Street appeared to be overlooking the dangers of being sucked into a long and potentially dangerous operation, the prime minister said Britain would go no further than contacting the rebel forces at this stage.

The marked change of tone by the prime minister, who told MPs on Monday that Britain did not "in any way rule out the use of military assets", came as the British-educated son of Muammar Gaddafi mocked Cameron for trying to act as a hero. Saif al-Islam told Sky News: "Everybody wants to be a hero, to be important in history."

In Libya, Gaddafi appeared to settling into a deeper stalemate as attacks by his forces failed to dislodge the opposition from areas of several cities that they hold. A convoy of government aid, which Gaddafi's government said was bound for the eastern city of the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi, set out from Tripoli . The 20 trucks were carrying food and medicine.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/mar/01/cameron-backtracks-libya-zone-us

Top powers split over Libya options
Western powers are weighing the military option against Libya's Muammar Gaddafi with US ships being moved to waters closer to Libya and more calls being made for a "no-fly zone" over the North African country.

Russia has however described the no-fly zone idea as "superfluous" and along with France cautioned against moving militarily against Gaddafi without UN authorisation.

“At the moment it seems that the international community is not speaking with one voice on this issue, so in the meantime we will have to wait to see how this plays out,” Al Jazeera’s John Terrett, reporting from Washington, said.

While Jay Carney, a White House spokesman, said on Tuesday that the ships are being moved in order to prepare for contingencies of a chiefly humanitarian nature, he was quick to add that "we aren't taking any options off the table."

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/03/20113115576219900.html

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