Commander of U.S. Special-Operations Forces In Africa: Libya Will Need U.S. Help To Defeat The Islamic State

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, right, with the commander of Senegalese special-operations forces at training exercises in in Thies, Senegal. PHOTO: YAROSLAV TROFIMOV/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Wall Street Journal: Libya Will Need American Help to Defeat Islamic State, General Says

Commander of U.S. special-operations forces in Africa says even unity government won’t be enough

Islamic State, which has spread across Libya by taking advantage of conflict between the country’s two rival governments, has become too strong to be rolled back without U.S. help, a senior American commander said.

Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, the commander of U.S. special-operations forces in Africa, estimated that American military involvement would be needed in Libya even if a unity government were formed.

“Our assessment, purely looking at it through the [special-operations forces] lens, is that our partners need our advice and assistance. They need our training and a certain amount of equipping in order to be successful. That is the gap,” he said in an interview in Dakar, Senegal.

Gen. Bolduc declined to discuss current or pending operations. But his comments, while limited to the special-operations arena, are more specific about possible action in Libya than those made previously by other high-ranking U.S. officials.

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WNU Editor: He is stating the obvious .... much to the chagrin (I am sure) of his political masters in Washington who do not want the U.S. to be involved in another war.