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2017-05-28 Africa North

After UK, Egypt attacks, Libya seen as jihadist haven

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-05-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 The important thing is that a bloody-handed dictator who was violating the basic human right of non-peaceful protest was removed.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-28 03:02|| 2017-05-28 03:02|| Front Page Top

#2 More importantly, Khaddafy openly threatened to open the floodgates and let the migrants through if he was not appeased. So they took him out to remove the threat... and the floodgates opened. Lose-lose. Unexpectedly.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-05-28 10:44|| 2017-05-28 10:44|| Front Page Top

#3 No succession planning and no substantial force on the ground.

No real assistance to the first government to root out the militias. The intel was there that the militias were mostly radical and the empty suit and the Russian agent in the State Department let it disintegrate.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-05-28 11:53|| 2017-05-28 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Surely our government will get it right next time.

Posted by gorb 2017-05-28 12:39|| 2017-05-28 12:39|| Front Page Top

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