“Well, that’s actually not the only option for what one could do,” Mr. Kerry told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “One could crater the airports and the runways and leave them incapable of using them for a period of time.”
Mr. Kerry said the United States would only consider force if Mr. Gaddafi continues to use his air force “as a means of massacring large number of civilians.”
Mr. McConnell urged the White House to explore all options including “aiding and arming the insurgents,” and that no-fly zones was “worth considering.”
Mr. McCain told ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour,” that the United States “can’t risk allowing Gaddafi to massacre people from the air.”
The comments from all three Senators come after U.S. President Barack Obama again called for the resignation of Mr. Gaddafi on Thursday after authorizing American military airlifts to help transport refugees from Libya.
“If you’re going to start war with another country in the Middle East, might as well follow Bill Clinton’s example and arm rebels to fight for you as you launch missiles from docked ships. It’s much more efficient than pulling a George Bush,” A’ishah Arabisk, who is a professor at the University of Michigan, told Politically Illustrated.
