Just heard Lord Owen spouting on Sky News about how easy it would be for Tornados operating from Cyprus to enforce an NFZ! He also seems to think the US can magic up a couple of CVBGs at the drop of a hat as well.
Having spent so much time in eth public eye, it appears his ego won't let him slip away and enjoy his retirement, rather than talking hoop to stir up the Wail and Depress readers.
This is also the man with such a good grasp of geography that on Wed morning he was on the Beeb telling the world how NATO airbases 'surround Libya'. While I accept hat the French
may have access to basing in Chad to the south, and the Americans
may have access to basing in Egypt to the east, these are bilateral argeements rather than 'NATO', and I'm not sure Algeria would be to happy providing access on Libya's western side.