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Originally Posted by Rochard
We could have bitch smacked Gaddafi into submission like a $3 whore in four days if we wanted to.
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You shallow conservatives need to look beyond the surface rather than processing wars from only the military operations perspective. There is a reason why Libya isn't erupting into chaos like Iraq did, and it has everything to do with not deploying a "shock and awe" strategy.
By keeping ground forces out and instead helping to build rebel forces, it strengthened a movement in Libya that citizens at least understood. This was their own people fighting their own government. It has had a calming effect on the masses. Whereas we look back at Iraq and see that while we were flexing our military might, every citizen of Iraq was just a bystander to the war with no idea what was going on and they panicked. The result is that we are still there babysitting and will still be there in 10 years.