and allied air power, along with hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles, eroded Qaddafi's capacity to deploy armor and other military assets. Instead, the steady application of pressure will strangle the Libyan government-and loosen Qaddafi's grip on power. NATO forces are not trying to directly destroy Qaddafi's regime. In Libya we're pursuing a new Anaconda Plan. We're killing them softly with minimal force. Anaconda plans have an obvious appeal-whether in 1861 or 2011.
Rather, the North would secure the Confederacy in a vice-like grip, and then wait for southern Unionists to rise up and overthrow the rebellious governors.
Confederate forces would not be directly engaged and annihilated. The Union navy would blockade the South, while northern armies steadily advanced down the Mississippi. The idea was to choke the Confederacy into submission. In May 1861, 150 years ago, at the start of the Civil War, General Winfield Scott outlined a military strategy for the North, which became known as the "Anaconda Plan." This is not the first time that the United States has pursued a policy of slow strangulation in wartime. There will be "no let-up in the pressure" on Qaddafi's government, Obama announced, before adding: "Ultimately this is going to be a slow, steady process in which we are able to wear down the regime forces." It does not store any personal data.In Libya the squeeze is on. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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