Death of Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi may backfire for Nato

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Death of Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi may backfire for Nato

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b]Propaganda value
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Saif al-Arab was, unlike his brothers, not a senior military commander or propagandist. His death is redolent of the 1986 US strike on the same compound.

That raid killed a girl who Col Gaddafi later claimed was his adopted daughter and, in the scarred buildings and craters, furnished him with a long-lasting symbol of defiance.
Muammar Gaddafi (2 March 2011) Col Gaddafi could use his son's death to divide his enemies

The propaganda value of such unintended deaths is potentially severe.


In the 1991 Gulf War, a US stealth bomber directed two bombs at what was claimed to be a command-and-control bunker, but was in fact an Iraqi civilian shelter.

The result was 315 deaths, including 130 children. Col Gaddafi, like Saddam Hussein before him, will take every opportunity to exploit such errors to paint Western powers as indiscriminate aggressors.

Moreover, this is no longer a conventional war in which top-down direction is crucial. Pro-Gaddafi forces in both the besieged western city of Misrata and in the east have adapted to Nato's air power and are using increasingly unorthodox tactics.

They need not rely on a stream of detailed orders from Tripoli, and can cause considerable harm to civilians without this guidance.

Nato is understandably frustrated at the diminishing returns of air strikes, since it has destroyed most accessible targets. But killing commanders and disrupting communications is far less important than the key task of degrading heavy military equipment, such as tanks and artillery.

We be smart N'Chit... B)

 

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The hit on OBL most likely will too.

Wikileaks reported a nuke hidden in Europe and to be detonated if OBL was captured or killed.

This probably isn't over by any means if not now escalated.

 

[tech2101]

Death of Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi may backfire for Nato

The hit on OBL most likely will too.

yeah, we probably should have let him slide???

What would you have done Yoda?

 

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yeah, we probably should have let him slide???

What would you have done Yoda?

Looks like waterboarding finally paid off.
Maybe it needs to be re-examined.

I wouldn't have let him slide as you indicate you favor.

 

[tech2101]

Looks like waterboarding finally paid off.
Maybe it needs to be re-examined.

I wouldn't have let him slide as you indicate you favor.

Wrong. You said it would "most likely" backfire.
Now that you are the armchair QB, please explain the alternatives you would have selected.

 

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Wrong. You said it would "most likely" backfire.
Now that you are the armchair QB, please explain the alternatives you would have selected.

Actually:

By Shashank Joshi Associate fellow, Royal United Services Institute

Said it would most likely backfire and I agree. Killing innocent people should not be in our agenda.

 

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Wrong. You said it would "most likely" backfire.
Now that you are the armchair QB, please explain the alternatives you would have selected.

Funny, I can't find in my post where I said it would "most likely backfire".

 

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Actually:

Said it would most likely backfire and I agree. Killing innocent people should not be in our agenda.

What about an unarmed man hiding behind a woman?

Sounds like Murder One to me.

Obama supports the world court......would be a kick in his butt to be indicted for war crimes,

wouldn't it?

Hey, they wanted Dick and Rummy....BHO off limits?

I thought assassination was Verboten here under law or some executive order.

 

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Wrong. You said it would "most likely" backfire.
Now that you are the armchair QB, please explain the alternatives you would have selected.

Backfire???

 

[Ms Tree]

Looks like waterboarding finally paid off.
Maybe it needs to be re-examined.

I wouldn't have let him slide as you indicate you favor.

This is the second time you have made this unsubstantiated comment. Do you have access to information that Mr Cheney does not?

 

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This is the second time you have made this unsubstantiated comment. Do you have access to information that Mr Cheney does not?

WTF you talking about Willis?

Reports all over global net KSM spewed the couriers name who eventually led those bad assed Spec Op's guys to OBL doorbell.....Like NBC,ABC,CBS,FOX.

You still in that damn cave I see. Do you have TV?

 

[Ms Tree]

WTF you talking about Willis?

Reports all over global net KSM spewed the couriers name who eventually led those bad assed Spec Op's guys to OBL doorbell.....Like NBC,ABC,CBS,FOX.

You still in that damn cave I see. Do you have TV?

Yes he talked and that is not what we are talking about now is it?

 

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Yes he talked and that is not what we are talking about now is it?

WTF you talking about Willis?

The dialoge is now on enhanced interogation techniques thanks to GW Bush's helping out BHO.
Obama never could have accomplished this without Bush, Cheney and waterboarding....

 

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Hence my question. Do you know more than Mr Cheney does? Cheney just said in an interview that he "assumed" that some info came out of the interrogations. He was more confident that WMD's existed in Iraq than he is about the results of the interrogations. Cheney does not know and neither do you. Look up the interview.

 

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Hence my question. Do you know more than Mr Cheney does? Cheney just said in an interview that he "assumed" that some info came out of the interrogations. He was more confident that WMD's existed in Iraq than he is about the results of the interrogations. Cheney does not know and neither do you. Look up the interview.

Cheney isn't going to reveal any classified info Dude.
He knows more than he's letting on to.
Remember, some wanted to prosecute him for that....so what do you expect him to say?

Don't matter much now, Obama let the genie out the bottle. Anything Al Qeida here on out is on him.