Remember when Obama said in his speech on Libya last Monday that “America’s role would be limited” and he “would not put ground troops” in Libya! The problem is that Obama never means what he says!
By Lolita C. Baldor - The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. may consider sending troops into Libya with a possible international ground force that could aid the rebels, according to the general who led the military mission until NATO took over.
But U.S. Africa Command commander Army Gen. Carter Ham also told lawmakers Thursday that added American participation would not be ideal, and ground troops could erode the international coalition and make it more difficult to get Arab support for operations in Libya.
Ham said the operation was largely a stalemate now and was more likely to remain that way now that America has transferred control to NATO.
He said NATO has done an effective job in an increasingly complex combat situation. But he noted that, in a new tactic, Moammar Gadhafi’s forces are making air-strikes more difficult by staging military forces and vehicles near civilian areas such as schools and mosques.
The use of an international ground force is a possible plan to bolster the rebels fighting forces loyal to the Libyan leader, Ham said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Asked if the U.S. would provide troops, Ham said, “I suspect there might be some consideration of that. My personal view at this point would be that that’s probably not the ideal circumstance, again for the regional reaction that having American boots on the ground would entail.”
President Obama has said repeatedly there will be no U.S. troops on the ground in Libya, although there are reports of small CIA teams in the country.
Ham disclosed that the U.S. is providing some strike aircraft to the NATO operation that do not need to go through the special approval process recently established. The powerful side-firing AC-130 gunship is available to NATO commanders, he said.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/04/ap-us-general-libya-stalemate-more-likely-now-040711/
Where is that fascist fishwife Cindy Shehann now that we need her....?
And they called Glenn Beck "dangerous"