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**nushentelve** · 08-29-2012, 11:31 PM

Here's what he said vis-a-vis the hand-off of the Libya operation:

He said that America was handing off its responsibility to allies and moving into a supporting role. He then provided a list of things that supporting role would include. Absent from that list was conducting offensive operations/airstrikes.

And most of that is pretty much dead on. We're no longer running the show, but we are aiding in enforcing the no fly zone under a NATO banner (they're using 11 US jets, but under the designation of NATO). Taking out surface to air missiles is in line with the enforcement of a no fly zone (can't enforce a no fly zone if your planes are being shot out of the sky). He laid out what some of the things our role would include, but that doesn't exclude the things he didn't mention.

Though, there is this:

We came in, up front, fairly readily, fairly substantially, and at considerable risk to our military personnel. And when this transition takes place, it is not going to be our planes that are maintaining the no-fly zone.

So, nevermind. I can't see any way of him bungling his words there.

08-29-2012, 11:31 PM	#26
nushentelve Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	Here's what he said vis-a-vis the hand-off of the Libya operation: He said that America was handing off its responsibility to allies and moving into a supporting role. He then provided a list of things that supporting role would include. Absent from that list was conducting offensive operations/airstrikes. And most of that is pretty much dead on. We're no longer running the show, but we are aiding in enforcing the no fly zone under a NATO banner (they're using 11 US jets, but under the designation of NATO). Taking out surface to air missiles is in line with the enforcement of a no fly zone (can't enforce a no fly zone if your planes are being shot out of the sky). He laid out what some of the things our role would include, but that doesn't exclude the things he didn't mention. Though, there is this: We came in, up front, fairly readily, fairly substantially, and at considerable risk to our military personnel. And when this transition takes place, it is not going to be our planes that are maintaining the no-fly zone. So, nevermind. I can't see any way of him bungling his words there.
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