Curioser and curioser, said Alice ...
For Ewan:
I just don't know how politicians do it.
That might explain why you are a pilot and they are politicians.
I just read President Obama's speech, and given that he's been pushed to explain what he's doing, he did a good enough job of explaining the why. Not scintillating, but good enough.
I heard a bunch of pundits attempting to describe the Obama Doctrine:
"When I am left with having to act due to the pressure of politics and events, I'll do something."
That so far is the Obama doctrine ... see Afghanistan Surge, the changing pact of Iraq drawdown ... this latest fun and games in Libya ... it appears to be the doctrine of political expedience.
So be it, he's a pol, and in the West it's the Pols who decide where they want the armed aircraft, armed troops, and armed ships to go and blow things up.
With that thought in mind, isn't it antithetical to a pilots' forum to support something that is all about
Not Flying?
Should we not be against a
No Fly Zone by professional instinct?