Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters
by openasocket on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:14PM
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NATO planes enforced a UN resolution for the enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya during its civil war because the Libyan government forces were attacking civilian targets. Both Russia and China had unilateral veto power over that order and declined to do so. UN Security Council Resolution 1970 (condemning Libya for war crimes, creating sanctions, and referring them to the ICC) passed unanimously, and UNSC R 1973 (establishing the no-fly zone) passed with 10 votes for and 5 votes abstaining.
Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters
by monocasa on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:16PM
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We also directly funded the rebel groups while enforcing the no fly zone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-...
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/in...
Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters
by openasocket on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:27PM
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In the first link, the Qataris were arming the rebels with their own money, the US just wasn't stopping them. Though I take your point that the US, to a certain extent, favored the rebels. The second link is a hypothetical: reporting that some members of government are considering funding the rebels.
Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters
by monocasa on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:41PM
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Fair enough, how about this?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order/exclusive...
I mean, at the same time we convinced Gaddafi to quit his nuclear weapons program and then pounced on him as soon as we could without international backlash. We sent a clear signal that we only respect the sovereignty of nuclear powers.