Thursday March 3, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday.

Clinton asserted that the "no fly zone" that everyone is talking about is not as simple to implement as it may appear. Libya is not Iraq, she explained. And Clinton is 100% correct. A "no fly zone" means no Libyan plane or helicopters ... and the US and only the US flies over Libya to maintain the safety of the region and of the skies.

Libya has far better air-force and far more sophisticated anti-aircraft systems. That means that the US cannot safely fly over Libya to police and protect the "no fly zone."

Libyan anti-aircraft can easily pick off US fighter jets and helicopters. The air-force and the anti-aircraft batteries seem to still be under Ghadaffi's control or managed by his mercenaries.
This greatly complicates matters and that makes it dangerous for American fliers.

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