ARAB LEAGUE CALLS FOR A NO-FLY ZONE IN LYBIA

Can we get back on topic, and leave the infantile name calling to another thread, please.

As for the no fly zone in Libya, I personally believe that the US should not get involved, nor should we commit any forces to it.
To the best of my klnowledge, every country bordering the Med is a member of the UN, and the actions in Libya have more effect on them then they do us.
So, let the members of the Arab League and let the countries bordering the Med enforce it.

and there aren't any carriers to spare right now.

[The resources are there to use if we wanted to, but it would entail moving a carrier from somewhere else.
Since most carriers are not engaged in combat right now, but are on routine patrols, it would not be hard to do.

"Routine patrols" in the Persian Gulf, plus 2 in the Northern Arabian sea; one in Japan; one in Westpac; one in major overhaul, 2 in maintenance periods and 4 in workup training. A few years ago we had 12 or 13, and they have been pretty busy for a long time.

Obama announced the news in the U.S. Third Fleet in the Fleet spokesman Greg Hicks home port of San Diego, California, said in a statement, is the Western Pacific, "Ronald Reagan" aircraft had been ordered to Japan disaster relief. He said the air carrier to provide assistance for disaster relief, the ship's medical facilities, clean water, also provide assistance for disaster relief. Prior to this, "Ronald Reagan" aircraft carrier battle group is on the way to the South Korean waters. Aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in a few days, the Sea of ​​Japan.

But we are not talking about Iraq, or a similiar situation.

Officials: U.S. prepares missile attack on Libya



BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The U.S. prepared to a launch a missile attack on Libyan air defenses, but American ships and aircraft stationed in and around the Mediterranean Sea did not participate in initial French air missions Saturday, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the unfolding intervention.

* A Libyan jet bomber crashes after being hit over Benghazi on Saturday as Libya's rebel stronghold came under attack.



By Patrick Baz, AFP/Getty Images

A Libyan jet bomber crashes after being hit over Benghazi on Saturday as Libya's rebel stronghold came under attack.

One official said the U.S. intends to limit its involvement — at least in the initial stages — to helping protect French and other air missions by taking out Libyan air defenses.

An attack against those defenses with Navy sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles was planned for later Saturday, one official said. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of military operations.

The official said that depending on how Libyan forces responded to initial intervention by the French and others, the U.S. could launch additional attacks in support of allied forces. The intention was to leave it to other nations to patrol a no-fly zone over Libya once air defenses are silenced, the official said.

On Saturday, French fighter jets soared over a rebel-held city besieged by Moammar Gadhafi's troops, the first mission for an international military force launched in support of the 5-week-old uprising.

Mar 19, 2:09 PM EDT


BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- French fighter jets fired the first shots at Moammar Gadhafi's troops on Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat.

In the hours before the no-fly zone over Libya went into effect, Gadhafi sent warplanes, tanks and troops into Benghazi, the rebel capital and first city to fall to the rebellion that began Feb. 15. Then the government attacks appeared to go silent.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after an emergency summit in Paris that French jets were already targeting Gadhafi's forces. The 22 participants in Saturday's summit agreed to do everything necessary to make Gadhafi respect a U.N. Security Council resolution Thursday demanding a cease-fire, Sarkozy said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said after the summit: "The time for action has come, it needs to be urgent."