So, ground troops into Libya, yes or no?

[howard112211]

The no-fly-zone-plus apparently didn't tip the balance in favor of the rebels. So what next? Arms supplies? Ground troops?

[Ganja Ninja]

1. Probably

Put it this way - Do they have oil?

[ChiciB1]

11. I Agree With You... Obama Has Said MAN Y, MANY Things On Many. Many

issues... absolutely not doing this, then turns around and does the exact opposite. Like for instance the "oil spill business" of which WE WERE NOT going to issue ANYMORE permits UNTIL the valve problem was solved.

If anyone watched Rachel Maddow last night you would have seen her interview about this very thing! PERMITS being issued as I speak. I think she said there were 30 THIRTY permits issued just last month!

Oh well, words are only words... one must NEVER take things too seriously you know. I'm thinking that Planned Parenthood will be scrapped too. I no longer have ANY faith left! And I will no longer say I'm sorry for feeling this way because "we the people" are being screwed SO BADLY and seem to have nobody standing up for us in D.C. these days. And try as I might I can't even get enough people together to mount ANY kind of push back.

Look what they're doing in Wisconsin right now, it's a TRAVESTY!

[KittyWampus]

2. There almost certainly will be no American ground troops in Libya.

[Aryo]

3. I agree

The President made that perfectly clear.

[backscatter712]

4. If Britain and France want to aid the rebels by putting their ground forces in Libya, let 'em.

They need to be carrying some of the weight.

[WatsonT]

9. Funny how the vast financial burden for this international effort has fallen on the US

[tabatha]

5. Absolutely NOT.

Robert Gates has said not on his watch.

[Le Taz Hot]

6. All troops home now!

"Ain't gonna study war no more . . . "

[AngryAmish]

7. Never

[WatsonT]

8. We'll start with a few advisers

nothing big, a few hundred to teach the local forces how to fight.

And then a few troops to guard depots of supplies that we'll be bringing in.

Then maybe a few more for some aggressive intel gathering and to help prop up those areas that the rebels have secured.

Then maybe a few more to help spearhead attacks in to gaddafi controlled territories.

Oh we'll need a draft at this point.
But it's still a kinetic operation, not a war, so don't worry about it.

[Motown_Johnny]

10. no American boots on the ground except rescue missions (it seems)

and maybe some CIA types.


Let the French send in troops if they want to. I say we continue the no fly zone and the sanctions/embargo.

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. No more than a few, maybe a couple dozen, special ops guys.

And some trainers. Some communications specialists to help the rebels work with more cohesion. OK, a couple hundred. Not including ground-based anti-aircraft teams and security personnel to protect the rebel supply bases, and the helicopter crews and mechanics to keep the supplies flowing. No more than a couple helicopter battalions, and the contractors to support them. Three thousand, five thousand tops.

But NO GROUND TROOPS. That would be asking too much.