Middle East

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

Gee, sounds like we should have let the French take care of Gaddafi. We could have saved 500,000,000 dollars!

France was one of the first countries to take action in Libya.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

France was one of the first countries to take action in Libya.

I guess you didn't read the Reuters news release on my post.
The French special forces went in captured the guy and turned him over to the rebels without our involvement.

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

I guess you didn't read the Reuters news release on my post.
The French special forces went in captured the guy and turned him over to the rebels without our involvement.

You're right, randolph, I was rather lazy and didn't read your link.

On a somewhat related note, and I have no proof of this, I would be willing to wager that there have been French and British special forces in Libya since at least the start of the troubles there.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

You're right, randolph, I was rather lazy and didn't read your link.

On a somewhat related note, and I have no proof of this, I would be willing to wager that there have been French and British special forces in Libya since at least the start of the troubles there.

Yeah,I suspect they are helping to get the rebels organized into a serious fighting force.