March Madness: War against Libya launched on the anniversary of Iraq War

It was only a couple of days ago that I blogged about the anniversary of the Iraq War, through a compilation of satirical video clips from the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.  I would never have imagined that the US and NATO would launch another war, against another Arab/Muslim country on that very date.  I suppose life is full of coincidences, some pleasant and some not-so-pleasant.

US forces apparently led the attack in the war referred to as Operation Odyssey Dawn.

A funny thing first: PBS is reporting this as "Audacity Dawn" ....
looks like the headline writer was channeling his inner-Obama by substituting the keyword from Obama's presidential campaign.
Funny!

Anyway, back to the military operations ...
The LA Times, which has the correct "Odyssey" in the report:

The U.S. moved ahead Saturday with a three-pronged approach in what has been code named Operation Odyssey Dawn: launch targeted cruise missiles against Libyan air defenses, jam communications of Kadafi's forces and establish the central command and control for the operations.

U.S. military assets are being joined by ships and aircraft from the U.K., France, Italy and Canada, as well as Arab partners. The Pentagon said those partners would announce their level of participation separately.

The U.S. effort is being run by General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany. Admiral Samuel Locklear, chief of U.S. Navy forces in Europe and Africa, has on-the-scene command and control from aboard the Mount Whitney in the Mediterranean Sea.

 Meanwhile, the Mad Dog refers to Obama very fondly in his communication, as if that would make any difference:

Colonel Qaddafi addressed President Obama as “our son,” in a letter that combined pleas with a jarring familiarity. “I have said to you before that even if Libya and the United States enter into war, God forbid, you will always remain my son and I have all the love for you as a son, and I do not want your image to change with me,” he wrote. “We are confronting Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, nothing more. What would you do if you found them controlling American cities with the power of weapons? Tell me how would you behave so that I could follow your example?” 

Oh well ... I suppose with the Iraq War, and now the Libyan War, we now have a new meaning for "March Madness"

Now that the military operations have begun, here is to hoping that:

• Gaddafi and his clan will soon call it quits and not make it one dragged out bloody fight
• After the war ends, Libya will be able to put things together on its own, and that we don't have to trapped in the North African sands