Khalifa Haftar (left), the chief of the Libyan National Army, meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on August 14, 2017.
Newsweek: Is Russia Ready for Another War? Libya and Yemen Leaders Ask for Vladimir Putin's Help
Leaders of influential armed movements in Libya and Yemen have appealed for Russian intervention to solve the crises that have ravaged their respective countries in the wake of a regional uprising years ago.
The spokesperson for the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, which is led by General Khalifa Haftar and represents one of two rival factions attempting to claim control of the country, said Wednesday that Russian support was needed to better equip his forces and help establish a unified national government. Under longtime leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, Libya and Russia enjoyed a strong military relationship, but this fell out after a West-backed 2011 insurgency and a subsequent international ban on selling arms to the Libyan armed forces.
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WNU Editor: The above Newsweek story was posted last month .... but the answer is the same if it is asked today .... Russia is not going to get involved directly. The Libyan and Yemen wars are quagmires for anyone who gets involved, and Russia simply does not have the resources to make such a commitment.
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Hit anything Russian (in Yemen), if they go into Yemen.
The Russians may actually be able to help in Libya.
They Europeans and Obama made a hash of it.
The Russians should be in Libya. Europe walked away from it. Those -holes bombed it after critising Bush for not having a plan and then walked clean away without so much as a token effort at reconstruction.
To be fair in neo-lib talk this is called "SMART POWER"
Ask Samantha Power, the carpet bagger from Dublin. She will tell'ya.
"Hillary Clinton,
‘Smart Power’ and
a Dictator’s Fall" Da New York Times
Also called by the Times in an apropos way "THE LIBYA GAMBLE"
Clinton, OBAMA, and Samantha gambled with Libyan lives.
"Mrs. Clinton’s old friend and political adviser, Sidney Blumenthal, who regularly emailed her political advice and vaguely sourced intelligence reports on Libya, urged her to capitalize on the dictator’s fall.
“Brava!” Mr. Blumenthal exclaimed. As always, he was thinking about Mrs. Clinton’s presidential ambitions. “You must go on camera. You must establish yourself in the historical record at this moment.” She should be sure to use the phrase “successful strategy,” he wrote. “You are vindicated.”
Da New York Times
Smart money says comrade professor chairman voted for Senator Blumenthal (who hunted Viet Cong from the wilds of the Potomac).
ho hum babble on missy
What Obama’s Military Intervention in Libya Left Behind for the Next Sitting President
"“A more democratic region will ultimately be more stable for us and our friends. Even if someone wants to be dictatorial, it’s going to be difficult.”
—An American diplomat, after the overthrow of a Middle Eastern dictator"
"May 2012. Denis McDonough, then Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser, "
Neo-Lib nutjob
Comrade professor chairman comes out of hiding to defend his holy of holies, Obama
"The U.S. military intervention in Libya in 2011 was an example of
“smart power at its best,” Hillary Clinton "
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