NATO’s Secrecy Stance

SOMETIME late last Aug. 8, NATO warplanes flying from Europe arrived over the Libyan farming village of Majer, where forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi were withdrawing and anti-Qaddafi forces were claiming ground. Civilians were in motion, too — seeking pockets of safety away from the roaming sides, neither of which fought with precision or clear rules. This is the type of situation in which air support can be especially risky and in which, even with a careful calculus of modern target planning, mistakes are likely.

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Comments

[stringer]

01:36 AM on 03/26/2012

I thought we weren't allowed to talk about this illegal and un-Constitutional, undeclared war. The one where the Pres. tried to misstate and misuse the War Powers Act and then, when even the time allotted him to carry out an action under that guideline expired he just went ahead and KEPT conducting it without bothering to EVER go to Congress for the authorization he needed. Glad to see it's back in the news.

The President should have went to Congress and received authorization. He and Panetta's continued insistence (including recently when the SOD respectfully got rightfully chewed out) that the Pres can essentially go to war without Congressional approval is disturbing and needs to stop.

[simian sez]

01:05 AM on 03/26/2012

After 20 years of occupation in the Middle East, this sort of thing is hardly surprising any more.
And it appears we haven't learned anything from it yet to slow it down much.

[soyyosisoy]

01:03 AM on 03/26/2012

Is Obamy going to be tried for this one or only Bush is the war criminal?

[kilchis]

01:28 AM on 03/26/2012

What,Bush was tried for war crimes? Link!

[soyyosisoy]

01:49 AM on 03/26/2012

No, Bush wasnt. But the left wanted him to be be.

[soyyosisoy]

01:00 AM on 03/26/2012

in a few years PART 2. The revenge of the children of those killed to free the many.
Never mind that Kaddaffy is gone and Lybians are "free". We will pay for this later on. We will pay for the dead in Lybia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, etc etc.

[Jerry Frey]

12:56 AM on 03/26/2012

so what...Daffy Khadaffi killed thousands during his dictatorship.

[MacTheCat]

12:01 AM on 03/26/2012

And by Nato we of course mean us.

[kilchis]

01:30 AM on 03/26/2012

The U.S. is a member of NATO,so are 27 other nations.

[SueZbell]

11:26 PM on 03/25/2012

inept intel?
inept targeting?
inept bombing?
assination?
human shield?

so many questions; so few answers--

the DOD &/OR NATO doing a little CYA.

[librepellant]

11:25 PM on 03/25/2012

Never really understood the shock and outrage when there is collateral damage. No matter how carefully you plan this will always happen. Maybe the idiots on both sides of the aisle should think about this before waging war for political points. It's meant to be a last resort, not a campaign booster.

[SueZbell]

11:22 PM on 03/25/2012

One of the "locusts" from Revelations?

[kilchis]

01:32 AM on 03/26/2012

Why didn't John just right "aircraft".

[KIVPossum]

10:23 PM on 03/25/2012

Takes a year to admit the rebels were killing at random just as Gaddaffi forces. And we were in on it, another nation turned to rubble thanks to US imperialism.

[kilchis]

01:33 AM on 03/26/2012

It's not quite that bad and there are many other nations in NATO.

[Anonmouse33]

09:34 PM on 03/25/2012

hmmm. an ingrown nato tale. ...ouch.

[byronic]

11:39 PM on 03/25/2012

Hah hah... :-)

[banderson2]

09:08 PM on 03/25/2012

The question should be why were they bombing houses in the first place if the UN resolution called for a no fly zone. As a matter of record it did not authorize Nato to bomb anyone, yet that is exactly waht Nato did in order to achieve regime change. They wanted that oil and they got it.

[soyyosisoy]

01:01 AM on 03/26/2012

courtesy of Obamy. The most holy.

[kilchis]

01:34 AM on 03/26/2012

I think that France was leading NATO on this one.

[banderson2]

09:04 PM on 03/25/2012

That's right Nato was designed for the Soviets, not anyone else.

[gomezrules]

08:59 PM on 03/25/2012

So aren't those civilian casualties all SQUARELY on Obama? That was, and remains, the criteria assigned by the left and their Dem buddies when Bush was in office. So when will the war crimes proceedings be ramped up for Obama? Will Obama face arrest if he travels to certain countries? Obviously, he should, again, based on the left's own antics! Fair is fair, right?

[jroman62]

09:54 PM on 03/25/2012

Lame and that theme is getting old don't you think?

[gomezrules]

10:49 PM on 03/25/2012

Ahh, but it ALWAYS strikes a nerve with you leftist hypocrites, doesn't it now?

Hmmm?

[M33TBallz]

08:53 PM on 03/25/2012

The MIC would have no "job" if it weren't for women and children.