Egypt And United Arab Emirates Said To Have Secretly Carried Out Libya Airstrikes -- New York Times
CAIRO — Twice in the last seven days, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have secretly teamed up to launch airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias battling for control of Tripoli, Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation between the supporters and opponents of political Islam.
The United States, the officials said, was caught by surprise: Egypt and the Emirates, both close allies and military partners, acted without informing Washington or seeking its consent, leaving the Obama administration on the sidelines. Egyptian officials explicitly denied the operation to American diplomats, the officials said.
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My Comment: With the Islamists slowly gaining control of Libya .... Egypt and it's allies had to act. The question that needs to now be asked is .... to what extent will Egypt become involved in the Libyan civil war?
4 comments:
Al Qaeda is on the Run.
Libya is an example of Obama's smart power and Samantha Power's R2P.
It is really nice to get a Doctorate write a white paper and then get promoted to Ambassador.
Of course there is that old Klingon proverb.
Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man ~ Klingon proverb.
Maybe the president did not lie. Maybe we misinterpreted the prez because he is sooo smart and we are soo dumb.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Klingon_proverbs
Klingon proverbs are always welcomed on this blog.
Star Trek is a made sci-fi universe. and yet like all made up universes (worlds) it is a facsimile/shadow of the real one.
I especially like the running man quote.
No matter how perfect your society is, if there is an evil person, they will be able to trash it no matter what you proscribe such as land mines, nukes, or guns.
What it comes down to ... is that you have to be or try to be smarter, stronger or more determined than that evil man (or men).
That's it. That's all.
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