Libya: Specific Targeting: Predator Drones, Gazillion Political Cartoons

From Denny:  America is off their war holiday and back in the driver's seat with NATO in Libya.  Read that as the other guys so screwed up they demanded America go back to spending all the money and taking all the heat when the bombs land on unintended targets.  They never did get their targeting as accurate as America does.

The latest?  Well, at least we are using less expensive weaponry.  This time we are back to using the drones with Hellfire missiles like we used in Pakistan.  Of course, Pakistan is tired of us and ordered out our CIA intelligence gathering crowd.  They aren't too happy with our drones killing off well-paying Taliban who fund the corrupt members of the Pakistani military and political circle.

So, what is a self-respecting American military to do?  Well, just slide those useful drones right on over to Libya, of course: brilliant!  We can boast about how we save money for the budget deal of a life time.  Then we can brag how we don't kill quite as many innocents when we bomb Gadafi's troops.

Considering how the Libyan rebels are demanding NATO send in ground troops, this is a better bet.  The American people are not in the mood to send in ground troops anywhere in the world, especially Libya.  Nor are the American people in the mood to slide down that slippery slope of arming the rebels.

Libya: African Union Tries Brokering Cease Fire With Gadafi, Cartoons

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From Denny: Talks are in session with Gadafi and the rebels about a cease fire, brokered by the African Union and South African President Jacob Zuma. The hope is to end air strikes as well.

Read that as giving Gadafi cover for some time to either weasel out of the country or get his bearings back from so much bombing. After all, he wrote President Obama, like some affectionate pen pal, begging him to end the American air strikes as we worked to create the No-Fly Zone by eliminating most of Gadafi's air capability.

On Monday, the African Union group is slated to talk to the rebel leaders. The rebels demand Gadafi step down.  They vow not to negotiate unless, and until, Gadafi agrees to do so.

This week, Gadafi and the rebels have battled back and forth over the oil port cities, one taking a city, the next day giving it up. Aside from the NATO air strikes finally targeting more accurately and in a timely fashion, the Libyan civil war is pretty much in the position of a Mexican Stand-Off.

Dennys Funny Quotes: 3 Funny Videos: Jon Stewart At Not War, Obama Defends Libya War

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Dennys Funny Quotes: 3 Funny Videos: Jon Stewart At Not War, Obama Defends Libya War: "Jon Stewart sure keeps this White House on their toes. Actually, he agrees with the President on going into Libya for the most part. But, being a comedian, it's his patriotic duty to lampoon politics wherever and whenever possible. These video clips are Stewart's response to when Obama and the coalition began bombing Gadafi to gain air superiority, establishing the No-Fly Zone."

The Social Poets: Libya: Gadafi Regime Cracking Under Pressure Says Intel

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The Social Poets: Libya: Gadafi Regime Cracking Under Pressure Says Intel: "The intelligence community is reporting 'the morale of Gadhafi forces is on the decline,' according to one official. 'Do ya think?' Your morale would be on the decline after witnessing coalition bombings taking out whole regiments of troops along with bombing cities. It's a lot different when the horror you once inflicted upon others becomes your own blood and guts horror.

Sounds like America's intelligence community so owes me a paycheck. :) They have finally come to the same conclusion as I have that The Gadafi Crowd can't handle the international heat and fear the massing crowds of Libyans who hate him."

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The Social Poets: Obama: End Libya War Now and 14 Political Cartoons

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The Social Poets: Obama: End Libya War Now and 14 Political Cartoons: "While America's war hawks and profiteers are thrilled to have spent $1 billion this week bombing Libya, it's time to complete The Hand Over to anyone else but us. Americans did not expect to be the country spending 95 percent of the money in this police action and we are not happy about it. American taxpayers are fed up with footing the bill for everything all the time and for far too long. We spend decades in idiot unnecessary expensive wars started by previous presidents, then start 'police actions' in a current administration."