tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post2130367097896192760..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Continuing Observations about Campaign against Qadaffi, part twoSteve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-36308825104626876832011-03-23T10:41:32.537-04:002011-03-23T10:41:32.537-04:00NATO, Libya, Nato, Afghanistan, Libya, blah, blah,...NATO, Libya, Nato, Afghanistan, Libya, blah, blah, blah. Where's all that trenchant pop culture commentary and miscellany that your non IR-interested readers have come to depend upon? :-)Steve Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670226240905673727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-54478083156152832492011-03-23T09:00:28.954-04:002011-03-23T09:00:28.954-04:00Plus they cannot carry that much ordnance so they ...Plus they cannot carry that much ordnance so they are lousy if you want to bomb places. Not even sure they are that good air to air.Steve Saidemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-68765257392144728312011-03-23T08:58:33.959-04:002011-03-23T08:58:33.959-04:00"US F-22s are not over the skies of Libya as ..."US F-22s are not over the skies of Libya as they cannot communicate with the allies' planes or most American ones for that matter"<br /><br />D'oh!<br /><br />I can just about imagine the leftover Cold War mindset in which it seemed to make sense that you'd just be sending the B-2s and the F-22 fleet into a theater, without allies or support, and communication would be pointless. (See: Dr. Strangelove.) But... jeez.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.com