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2019-04-23 Africa North

Anti-Islamic Libyan strongman who went from CIA asset to Trump favorite

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-23 06:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 ....(POTUS) blindsided the international community and many of his own diplomats

An action with no discernable downside.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-23 06:40|| 2019-04-23 06:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd like to see "Trump sucker-punched the international community and many of his own diplomats"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-04-23 07:30|| 2019-04-23 07:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Deep State Diplomats: "That's just not how it's done, ~~my good fellow~~ vulgarian!"

Posted by Frank G 2019-04-23 08:43|| 2019-04-23 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 The twists and turns in his career reflect the complexities of Libyan politics and the shifting patterns of influence since the 2011 uprising and the fall of Gadhafi.

Twists and turns of Libyan politics seemed to have paralleled our twists and turns in politics. Let's see, circa 2011, that was on Hillary's (and Obean's too) watch of 2009-2013. There was a lot of strange stuff going on then.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-04-23 10:03|| 2019-04-23 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 "Keep 'em guessing" is always good advice.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-04-23 10:52|| 2019-04-23 10:52|| Front Page Top

#6 So was Haftar the chosen end result of the Hillary, Obama coup?

My guess is that those crap weasels were shooting for a MoBro takeover like Egypt not this.

Posted by AlanC 2019-04-23 12:29|| 2019-04-23 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Not that I give a fig, but I thought Haftar was Putin's boy. Whoever backs him, I'd be happy if he could put the kibosh on all the human trafficking from Libya to Europe. But then, maybe that's why the UN backs the current Tripoli crowd.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-04-23 14:39|| 2019-04-23 14:39|| Front Page Top

#8 So was Haftar the chosen end result of the Hillary, Obama coup?

My guess is that those crap weasels were shooting for a MoBro takeover like Egypt not this.

I suspect they thought they'd be able to get the whole unified Libyan military available to exploit the chaos in Egypt and make the Brotherhood's hold on the country permanent.

BTW, where's the old "Miss Me Yet" image? I thought I had an old one, but I don't know where I put it.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-04-23 21:07|| 2019-04-23 21:07|| Front Page Top

#9 where's the old "Miss Me Yet" image?

Fred archives images that haven’t been used for a while, Snowy Thing. I found this on the internet, if it helps.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-04-23 22:56|| 2019-04-23 22:56|| Front Page Top

#10 I meant the one with Kaddafy.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-04-23 23:43|| 2019-04-23 23:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Anyway, I'm going to bed for now. g'ngiht.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-04-23 23:45|| 2019-04-23 23:45|| Front Page Top

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