Category: NATOSource

Victory for US leadership

By Nicholas Burns, the Boston Globe

From Nicholas Burns, the Boston Globe:  NATO’s Libya venture took much longer to succeed than the administration expected.

Libya doesn’t equal success for NATO

By Kurt Volker, Foreign Policy

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 22

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Covert teams from NATO members “provided critical assistance” to Libyan rebels

By Lolita C. Baldor and Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Lolita C. Baldor and Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  As the battle in Libya appeared at stalemate, it was an open secret that foreign military advisers were working covertly inside the country providing guidance to rebels and giving tactical intelligence to NATO aircraft bombing government forces.

U.S. action helped cause of freedom in Libya

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  We’ve seen across the Middle East, as in the rest of the world, that freedom isn’t something that gets “imposed.

SACEUR: NATO’s contribution to the new Libya

By James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  This required about 20,000 NATO airmen and seamen, working at sea, in the skies over Libya, and in logistics, planning, and intelligence on a dozen different NATO bases around the Mediterranean.

Afghanistan set to get massive supply of military equipment from NATO

By Joshua Partlow, the Washington Post

From Joshua Partlow, the Washington Post:  NATO’s war planners call it the “iron mountain,” the $2.7 billion mass of military equipment that will be dropped on Afghanistan over the next eight months. But will the mountain be tall enough?

Should the Libya Model be applied elsewhere?

By Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal

From Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal:  Although NATO explicitly stated that it had "no intention of deploying land forces anywhere in Libyan territory," the New York Times asserts that this was not the case.

NATO Campaign Won’t Be a Model for Future Action

By Alistair MacDonald, John W. Miller and Nathan Hodge, the Wall Street Journal

From Alistair MacDonald, John W. Miller and Nathan Hodge, the Wall Street Journal:  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Libyan air campaign succeeded in helping rebel fighters on their way to Tripoli, but NATO’s involvement lasted longer than politicians hoped

Forget “leading from behind,” US nearly doubled recent air attacks on Libya

By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN

From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN:  As the rebels in Libya push closer to ending the Moammar Gadhafi regime, US warplanes have been increasing their attacks on government positions.