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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
With the media focusing on Japan, rightfully so, these conflicts are going nowhere positive. It seems like some members in Nato prefer Gaddafi, otherwise we probably would have seen some sort of no fly zone. I'm not terribly surprised Saudi went in and backed up the Bahranian government, the Whabbis' there are paranoid about any sort of Shia uprising, especially next to the kingdom and so close to Mecca.
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I think your point is a little simplistic. There has not been UN security approval for the establishment of a no fly zone with the Russian's slowing things down. As long as major nations has veto power we're going to see these kind of slow decisions
Right at the moment I would doubt that NATO wants to get involved in another quagmire without UN approval.
There are lots of Arab countries around Libya with Air Forces, while the Arab League has asked for a no fly zone, they should be willing to put their planes into action to enforce it.
At this point though, it looks like Ghadaffi has taken major strides in breaking the rebellion and re-establishing control over most of the key areas of the country.