Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The UMP Poniatowski fears a "quagmire" in Libya

More and more voices in France to warn against a stalemate in the conflict in Libya. Latest, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, Axel Poniatowski, who said Monday, April 18 that the situation "has all the characteristics of a quagmire." With this in mind, the member advocates sending special forces on the ground.

"The exclusive use of air power, imposed by resolution 1973 UN shows its limits against mobile targets and indistinguishable because of the overlap of the loyalist forces and insurgent forces. Without land information, aviation Coalition operates blindly and increases the risk of smudging, "said UMP in a statement.

"I think we are heading towards a stalemate and unnecessary losses of lives without the establishment of a rapid convergence of targeted actions between airstrikes and designation of targets on the ground, thanks sending special forces, "Mr. Poniatowski. Sunday, the defense minister, Gerard Longuet, had already considered that "it [was] definitely a weakness" to conduct an aerial battle "without land information.

According to Axel Poniatowski, it is "totally in the spirit" of Resolution 1973 "that NATO sends ground troops, not combat, but special forces whose sole mission is to identify the coordinates of targets" . "We can not expect a quick end to the conflict by continuing to impose such a handicap to coalition forces and insurgents," insists the member of the Val-d'Oise.

Resolution 1973 of the Security Council adopted UN March 17, allows the coalition countries to participate in a fly zone over Libya to protect the civilian population and to "take all necessary measures" to protect civilian populations, with the exception of foreign occupation forces. In a forum in the world, Claude Lanzmann worried a stalemate in the conflict in Libya.

In another forum on Monday, Bernard-Henri Levy takes the cons-up of "those who, like Claude Lanzmann, find the time long coat and turn" on the Libyan case.

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