tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post1901080164499427250..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Is Qadhafi Hiding Arms at Leptis Magna?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-90741281615541362402011-06-15T21:39:20.044-04:002011-06-15T21:39:20.044-04:00David:
I think in 2003 Saddam did something simil...David:<br /><br />I think in 2003 Saddam did something similar near the Arch of Ctesiphon. Daring us, as it were.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-74686894020203636592011-06-15T21:01:31.738-04:002011-06-15T21:01:31.738-04:00The real dilemma would be whether to send in any f...The real dilemma would be whether to send in any forces to seize and remove such weapons supplies, or to destroy them in a manner that would not damage the antiquities. That would cross the line of "no boots on the ground," and for a whole lot of good reasons NATO does not want to do that. However, it would be less bad politically than an air strike that damaged Leptis Magna. We faced similar dilemmas in Desert Storm. At one point the Iraqi air force positioned fighter jets right next to the ziggurat of Ur.David Mackhttp://ambdavidmack@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.com