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Originally Posted by northcrunk
the resolution will be voted on within the hour, the US has ships stationed in the red sea/med. sea. Also they have bases in italy, sicily. Looks like the strikes will start soon after the resolution. The US has about 2000 marines in the area which might be able to hit the ground to protect Benghazi. http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ |
The resolution includes wording that precludes any type of boots-on-ground involvement, except for the rescuing of downed pilots. Of course, that's never stopped anyone before . . . But I doubt you would see something as overt as those Marines landing unless something terrible, terrible happened.