GvG on the European Response.

GvG of Information Dissemination fame has an excellent article on the European response to the crisis in Libya.  Bear in mind that the US response has been a (as in 1) ferry and the generosity of Turkey to allow our citizens aboard their ships....read the whole thing here but to sum it up...he writes...

So how many naval vessels are we counting?
HMS Cumberland (F 85)
HNLMS Tromp (F 803)
INS Francesco Mimbelli (D 561)
INS San Marco (L 9893)
INS San Georgio (L 9892)

So, that's 1 destroyer, 2 frigates and 2 LPD's.

This doesn't include Turkey...remember our response, the response of the most powerful military/Navy in the world ...One freaking ferry...and hitchhiking on Turkish ships.