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| Arab Nations Strike in Libya, Surprising U.S. |
| 2014-08-26 |
| [NY Times] Twice in the last seven days, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have secretly launched ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation of a regional power struggle set off by Arab Spring revolts. The United States, the officials said, was caught by surprise: NSA can tell you what Grannie had for breakfast on Thursday but it can't track an air strike from Egypt to Tripoli? Really? Egypt and the Emirates, both close allies and military partners, acted without informing Washington, leaving the B.O. regime on the sidelines. Egyptian officials explicitly denied to American diplomats that their military played any role in the operation, the officials said, in what appeared a new blow to already strained relations between Washington and Cairo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 phil_b, wouldn't that be eastern Libya? Yes it would. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2014-08-26 22:53 |
| #10 Egypt and the Emirates, both close allies and military partners, acted without informing Washington, leaving the B.O. regime on the sidelines For homework, compare and contrast the above with verbiage from today's speech where the C-in-C (spit) flatly said that even those we disagree with still call us for help....... Extra credit if the Most Clueless are identified in the response. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-08-26 20:16 |
| #9 phil_b, wouldn't that be eastern Libya? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-08-26 19:11 |
| #8 My 'Egypt invades western Libya' scenario gets closer. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2014-08-26 17:09 |
| #7 These shots are called Way, way, way above obamas head... |
| Posted by: newc 2014-08-26 15:48 |
| #6 Obama admin slams “outside interference” in Libyan chaos by Egypt, UAE attacks on Islamists. He's pissed no one got his OK. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-08-26 15:33 |
| #5 without informing Washington, leaving the Obama administration on the sidelines Why should anyone be surprised? That's what the Obama administration wanted, right? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-26 12:09 |
| #4 What I don't get is how they missed UAE airplanes flying across the fricking Arab Penninsula (presumably with Saudi permission), across the Red Sea, and staging in Egypt. Didn't you notice unusual planes based in Egyptian airbases? Didn't you notice the disappearance of planes and ground crew from UAE bases? Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2014-08-26 10:44 |
| #3 " |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-08-26 08:25 |
| #2 It's almost as if the Egyptians don't trust us. Can't imagine why. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-08-26 03:35 |
| #1 The United States, the officials said, was caught by surprise Unsurprisingly. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-26 02:56 |