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| Gen Joseph Dunford: US military could deploy to Libya 'any day' |
| 2016-05-21 |
| [Bus Insider] After a week of rumblings that the US was preparing to arm and deploy Special Forces to Libya, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, said on Thursday that a military deployment to Libya could happen "any day." Speaking to journalists after returning from a NATO meeting in Brussels, as The Washington Post notes, Dunford outlined a "period of intense dialogue" between the US and Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord, who seek to rid the country of a recent but pronounced ISIS presence. The terrorist group ISIS has been gaining ground in Libya even as their so-called caliphate shrinks in Iraq and Syria as a US-led coalition and various regional forces attack the group from every angle. For ISIS, branching out into Libya provides it a potential "back-up capital" in case the terrorist group is driven out of its main base in Syria. "There's a lot of activity going on underneath the surface," said Dunford. "We're just not ready to deploy capabilities yet because there hasn't been an agreement. And frankly, any day that could happen." "There will be a long-term mission in Libya," said Dunford. In fact, US Special Forces have been on the ground in an advisory role since late last year. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Bill, I still wonder if they were there on September 11, 2012. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-05-21 20:35 |
| #6 The US has had boots on the ground for months The Russians have been in Libya for three years. I met one in a coffee shop in Tripoli. He even paid for my expresso. He said the high command was worried about what would happen to the ME if Libya went sideways...they were doing lots of "things" to try to discourage the militants but they were like cockroaches...stamp them out or step on them and they crawl out of another wall. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2016-05-21 17:43 |
| #5 Hell people, IMO, if Hillary is elected we'll want such mugs with Obama's pic. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-21 17:25 |
| #4 Steves: It'll be Carter not Bush. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2016-05-21 17:13 |
| #3 I'm picturing one of those "Miss Me Yet?" posters with George Bush's grinning mug replaced by Moammar Kadaffy. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-05-21 16:32 |
| #2 And start taking casualties due to idiotic ROE, the day after? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-21 16:26 |
| #1 Ah, the wonder eight year ride with the Nobel Peace Prize winner. /s |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-05-21 16:07 |