Last Call

Tonight's lesson:  misdirection.

In his press briefing earlier this afternoon, U.S. Vice Adm. Bill Gortney emphasized that the international coalition's air campaign is not deisgned to target Gadhafi, but is limited to enforcing a no-fly zone and preventing Gadhafi's forces from further pressing rebel positions.


"We are not going after Gadhafi," Gortney said at the Pentagon. "Regime forces are more pressed and less free to maneuver."

One hour later:

AS fresh blasts rock Tripoli and smoke rises near Muammar Gaddafi's residence, Libya has announced an immediate new ceasefire - the second in a matter of days. 

Misdirection!



All the cool kids are doing it. After all, the Pentagon wasn't going after him. We didn't say anything about the other nations in the coalition, now did we.