A US Navy F-16 fighter jet based at Sigonella airbase on the Italian island of Sicily takes off on March 21, 2011 to take part in operations in Libya. Italy has also provided seven airbases as key staging points for strikes by Western-led coalition forces to destroy Libya’s air defences and impose a no-fly zone.AFP PHOTO/MARIO LAPORTA. (Photo credit should read MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)
HYANNIS (CBS) – Massachusetts Congressman Bill Keating feels the U.S. military has enough to handle already, and any involvement in Libya may prove to be too much.
“We’re already extended near the limit, and I do think opening up in another theater is unwise,” said Rep. Keating.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Doug Cope reports.
Keating said if Libya’s government was to change, that’s the responsibility of Libya and not the U.S.
“If the U.S. is even seeming, is having the appearance of being part of that, that very effort won’t be successful,” said Rep. Keating.
He added that Libya remains very unsettled and things could spin out of control very quickly.
