Category: NATOSource

Is Obama “willing the end without willing the means?”

By Lexington, the Economist

From Lexington, the Economist:  A worry that the European air forces might not have sufficent wherewithal was a subtext of the recent NATO meeting. One lesson from NATO’s air campaign in Kosovo in the 1990s is that patience is sometimes rewarded. In Libya, too, if the allies hold their nerve, they may well achieve their […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on April 15

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NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya

By Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post

From Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post:  Less than a month into the Libyan conflict, NATO is running short of precision bombs

Hooray! The Yanks are going home

By Philip Stephens, the Financial Times

From Philip Stephens, the Financial Times:  Several themes run through every such discussion: one says that Europe’s backyard is becoming a less predictable and more perilous place

NATO Back in the Saddle

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  In truth, however, the political value in a NATO operation is that the alliance’s name is a stand-in for the developed world

Clinton: Two separate missile defense systems, one objective

By Judy Dempsey, the New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, the New York Times:  At the meeting, NATO discussed the controversial issue of U.S. plans to deploys parts of a missile shield in Eastern Europe.

Stop the Blame Game

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  After more than two weeks under attack by NATO forces, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is still slaughtering his people and showing no sign that he plans to give up.

US servicemen play key roles aboard French carrier

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP: [E]ven though the U.S. has withdrawn its forces from the front lines of the NATO campaign, a handful of Americans serving on this French navy carrier [Charles de Gaulle] remain at the forefront of the action.

French Defense Minister wants allies to target “decision centers”

By Reuters

From Reuters:  France is pushing for NATO approval to extend military strikes on Muammar Gaddafi’s army to strategic logistical targets, to try to break a deadlock in Libya’s civil war as the civilian death toll mounts.