It is possible that "European air power" is at a turning point; and not a good one. NATO as a whole has no sound strategy for Libya.
Keep dropping those expensive precision guided munitions into useless dirt with no threat of a land invasion to back it up.
Either one wants regime change or they do not.
It seems Libya will continue to be an amusing sideshow simply because no one is interested in the correct application of air power.
1 comment:
Despite all the Euro political and miltary shortcomings this Lybia operation is going very well. And yes like i posted 2 months ago this a wakeup call and there be great lessons to learn from.
The operation it self is going extremly well. Benghazi is safe and Misrata is freed. The 6 major cities between them will be lost for the Khadaffi regime all tho i doubt the rebels gonne make a push for them. As i stated before yes Europe could put some brigades on the ground if needed to isolate Tripoli. But noone really wants that. Why loose lifes and more money. Even if we can find the forces and countries willing to send them.
And we got the rebels to do that. Soon they will start the push on Tripoli. They getting more troops and weapons each day that passes.
In a few weeks Tripoli will be cut off. The days of the Khadaffi regime are numbered.
Like it or not this will be the way how lot of future operations like this Lybia situation will be run.
Just like the initial operation in Afghanistan before they decided to send a massive groundforce in.
This is the way it gonne go the coming years, decades even. Noone wants to send in maasive boots on the ground anymore. That ship has sailed.
It gonne be kick in the door, bomb whats a threat, then the uavs and drones come, special forces, arm the locals and then help them.
Theres only gonne be boots on the ground if there is really no other way. And that gonne be short and heavy. And then get out. Months not years. Forget about occupying countries.
Thats the new Nato doctrine for this type of conflicts.
Doubt Khadaffi will last much longer.
Post a Comment