"Russia Is Intervening in Libya. Should We Care?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 Nov 2019 9:30 p.m. PST |
"The U.S. has abandoned its partners in the fight against ISIS, and the Russians are capitalizing on the void. Middle Eastern rivals are duking it out to choose the government of a failed state, which collapsed into civil war after an Arab Spring revolution. Salafi-jihadi groups like ISIS and al Qaeda are preparing to stage a comeback in the chaos. Sound familiar?…"
Main page link Amicalement
Armand |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 14 Nov 2019 8:13 a.m. PST |
Libya has been a client state of Russia's for a long time since Gaddafi. Russia is perfectly capable of dealing with ISIS and other extremist groups. The US doesn't need to dip its wick eveywhere. |
| USAFpilot | 14 Nov 2019 8:37 a.m. PST |
It's precisely because the US dipped it's wick in Libya and other places that lead to the rise of ISIS. |
| Thresher01 | 14 Nov 2019 10:42 a.m. PST |
I'm fine with Russia taking point on this. |
| Tango01 | 14 Nov 2019 12:23 p.m. PST |
I'm with USAFpilot…. Amicalement
Armand |
| dwight shrute | 14 Nov 2019 3:37 p.m. PST |
Blair promised Gaddafi eternal life , wealth and security for getting rid of his weapons of mass destruction …. bet he wishes he'd never met him . |
| Rudysnelson | 14 Nov 2019 4:29 p.m. PST |
The Middle East as are other areas is a situation that the enemy in the forefront gets all of the attention, effort to eliminate. There are always and always have been additional adversaries lurking in the Shadows. Eliminating the highly visible has always been American minor wars policy.
Let Russia deal with it. They succeed some and fail some. |
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