NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya

[frigidmagi]

Washington Post

[quote]Less than a month into the Libyan conflict, NATO is running short of precision bombs, highlighting the limitations of Britain, France and other European countries in sustaining even a relatively small military action over an extended period of time, according to senior NATO and U.S. officials.

The shortage of European munitions, along with the limited number of aircraft available, has raised doubts among some officials about whether the United States can continue to avoid returning to the air campaign if Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi hangs on to power for several more months.

U.S. strike aircraft that participated in the early stage of the operation, before the United States relinquished command to NATO and assumed what President Obama called a “supportingâ€

[Charon]

Since WWII, Europe has shown no intention of doing anything but playing in the kiddie pool. Now maybe they're smarter than us in this regard because they got tired of getting blamed for everything while they were the big dogs. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop thinking less of them for not pulling their own weight.