Level Of Involvement In Libya

[Tsukiyumi]

Simple question: what, exactly, should our level of involvement be in Libya? I'm also including our British friends in this question.

[Mikey]

Be careful with Seafort: do you mean "What should be the level of U.S. involvement," or "What should be the level of UN involvement?"

[Tsukiyumi]

I meant the UN, thus the: "we" part.

Also, "be careful with Seafort"? Why, is he fragile?

[Mikey]

In a manner of speaking. He'd jump at the opportunity to take your "we" as "American," then begin to deride the U.S. for every unrelated instance of anything.

[Deepcrush]

As to the OP, I'd put a pair of carriers off the coast and anything not friendly. Maybe a few ground troops to secure save havens for the population.

[Mikey]

I'm not sure I'd want to commit boots on the ground. I've had my fill of nation-building; let GB, France, and Germany take the point on this one and see how they like the shitstorm of fallout following an attempt to do the right thing, or at least anything.

[Reliant121]

I'm with aerial support, let the people themselves seize control. This overall needs to be battle won/lost by Libyans, just with some assistance from UN nations.

[Lighthawk]

Damn, we've got quite the consensus going on between board member so far, don't we?

[Tyyr]

Still puzzling that one out.

I'd be all for putting a bullet in Ghadaffi's head, clandestinely of course.

[Mikey]

Still puzzling that one out.

I'd be all for putting a bullet in Ghadaffi's head, clandestinely of course.

Just like we did with Castro, right?

[Tyyr]

No, successfully this time.

[Captain Seafort]

Just like we did with Castro, right?

And you're having a go at me for deriding the US?

As for the OP we need to hammer Gadaffi's army, provide all the CAS the rebels need and if necessary put SF on the ground to coordinate everything, but as Reliant says the end result has to be a Libyan victory, not a foreign one.

[Tyyr]

I agree with that one. I would help the rebels as much as they request. The key is they have to ask for it.

[Deepcrush]

I'm not saying put the Marines ashore to run the war. I'm saying put them there to place some road blocks against the Regime's forces and prevent them from steam rolling the civis.

[Mikey]

And you're having a go at me for deriding the US?

To be fair, I was deriding the U.S. in response to a specific point... not just as a general pastime.

As for the OP we need to hammer Gadaffi's army, provide all the CAS the rebels need and if necessary put SF on the ground to coordinate everything,

I may have to change my thinking. That's an awfully cowboy attitude for someone who claims to despise the U.S.' sledgehammer way of intervention. I'd tend to agree, but if Special Forces go in - and I mean Special Forces, not some group of direct-action spec-ops forces - it becomes very hard both to extricate yourself in a hurry and to allow the natives to claim the voctory and rebuild without influence.