Reply #21: My quick check (wiki) says that we're the only ones operating A-130s and A-10s.

[amandabeech]

These things, as you know, are made to attack the enemy on the ground.

They fly low, and could be shot down more easily.

NATO plus others may enforce the no fly zone, but who is going to go after the Libyans on the ground?

What do the Brits or French have that would take over these missions?

Somehow, I'm feeling like the Obama speech was technically correct, but gave the wrong impression deliberately. Sort of like too many lawyers and the definition of "is."