Special report: We all thought Libya had moved on

[Pete]

Special report: We all thought Libya had moved on – it has, but into lawlessness and ruin

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...n-8797041.html

Will Syria be the next Libya?

"A little under two years ago, Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, urged British businessmen to begin “packing their suitcases” and to fly to Libya to share in the reconstruction of the country and exploit an anticipated boom in natural resources.

Yet now Libya has almost entirely stopped producing oil as the government loses control of much of the country to militia fighters............."

[Trapper John]

Originally Posted by Pete

Special report: We all thought Libya had moved on – it has, but into lawlessness and ruin

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...n-8797041.html

Will Syria be the next Libya?

Let's hope so! If one thing recent history has shown, the muslim nations are incapable of self-governing. Once the tyranical central government is deposed - sectarian fighting begins and it devolves from there. If all foreign business interest pull out there will be no economy, no trade, and they will become tribal once again. Works for me.

[Streck-Fu]

Originally Posted by Pete

Will Syria be the next Libya?

This administration has demonstrated that they can not see a process to a conclusion. Why start now?

[Oldrotorhead]

From what I see a lot of Muslim populated countries in N. Africa and W Asia will be governed just like Afghanistan is governed on a bad day. I don't think the US has the resources to counter this trend in all of the unstable countries in the area. If the King in Saudia Arabia dies just how stable will that country be? There are just too many conflicting ethnic groups, Muslin sects, and religions in the are that will not accept the exsistance of the other groups.

[Old Dog New Trick]

UBL accomplished more than his wildest dreams could ever imagine. Good thing he's dead now, and won't know how it all turned out.

For the rest of us though, it will be a long, tireless road ahead.

[Stobey]

Originally Posted by Trapper John

Let's hope so! If one thing recent history has shown, the muslim nations are incapable of self-governing. Once the tyranical central government is deposed - sectarian fighting begins and it devolves from there. If all foreign business interest pull out there will be no economy, no trade, and they will become tribal once again. Works for me.

The only problem being that Libya has oil, which the terrorist groups are apparently selling to finance their world-wide "jihad". New info from the Washington Free Beacon (as well as JihadWatch). Apparently our military are going to send SF advisors to train the Libyan "police"????? Are they crazy or what? More chances for good men to get killed training the enemy? Our "leaders" have explained that this will be risky. Yeah? No shit. Not for your sorry asses.

It saddens me every time I read another entry in TAPS where a good SF soldier has died in Afghanistan from an IED. Why? I know a good soldier goes where he is told and performs to the best of his abilities under lets just say, less than advantageous conditions. (I remember stories of Civil War soldiers the night before a battle where they were to advance on an entrenched position, quietly and calmly sewing strips of paper or cloth with their names and family information on the inside of their uniform jackets.) I just can't see the waste, especially in this case, where our men are automatically the enemy. Remember all of the "friendly fire" situations on "Western" soldiers, Americans, as well as others, in Afghanistan?

I don't know what the answer is in these islamic hell-holes; but IMHO they are not worth the life of a single American soldier. OBummer and his ilk f&%@ed up Libya! Let them go fix it. (Sorry for the rant. I'm just incensed at this crap.)

http://freebeacon.com/u-s-to-train-l...ing-islamists/

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This administeration killed Osama bin Laden...

...what more do you ingrates want?