Posted on 12/18/2015 4:37:10 AM PST by tcrlaf
US forces flown to Libya to support government troops had to leave after landing because of demands from a local militia group, US officials say.
It follows reports that 20 US special forces troops, equipped with advanced weaponry, landed on Monday at an airbase in western Libya.
The troops chose to leave "in an effort to avoid conflict", a US Africa Command (Africom) spokesman told the BBC.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Is there ANYBODY in the Obama Administration with even half of a brain??
I think it was the ladies auxilary?
So now, the Beeb is picking this up - it’s not just Russia Today.
If it IS a bogus story, it just flashed round the world.
If it’s the truth, then this whole thing’s going south faster than a flock of Confederate ducks.
It doesn’t appear that there is anything to be gained by continuing to screw around in Libya.
This isn't an issue of stupidity but of intentional deception. Obama pretends to be fighting terrorism but really doesn't do anything. Like all the phone airstrikes against ISIS - 75% of the planes return without dropping their ordinance. They give 45 minute advance warnings to targets they do bomb. They refuse to bomb the oilfields which are funding ISIS. These phony "limited" ground incursions are just more of the same thing. What Obama really does is provide tons of weapons to "friendly" forces in the middle east which he knows will end up going right to the terrorists. These people are playing for the other side.
Good Grief
This is the sorriest thing I can recall in a long time here.
Far from being any sort of “secret” special forces mission, it’s written up in the newspaper.
Ignoring the charitable writeup, our special forces were kicked out upon landing.
What happened to slipping into a country undetected etc... Oh that’s right our president announced to the world that our special forces were going.
rant off
I sure hope this is not true. But if it is, may God help and bless the USA.
WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT!
Now we send boy scouts to a meeting that they were not invited to attend, are told to leave, and they leave with their tails between their legs.
Further info
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/17/secret-us-mission-in-libya-revealed-after-air-force-posted-pictures
I can’t quit ranting, does this make Libya a “no-go area” for the US now?
Maybe they said we could come back later though, we can always hope.
Libya after Gaddafi
Lawless Libya: Can peace be achieved? - 17 December 2015
Guide to Libya’s militias - 9 October 2015
Islamic State gains Libya foothold - 24 February 2015
West’s ‘light touch’ failed Libya - 18 February 2015
Fighting for the spoils of Libya’s revolution - 28 January 2015
The government holed up in a 1970s hotel - 16 October 2014
The fallout from Libyan air strikes - 27 August 2014
Profile: Libyan ex-General Khalifa Haftar - 16 October 2014
Great job Obama, McCain, Hillary
Let’s blame it on a video . . . ‘Clueless’
Infinitely more believable as this ding-a-ling shows his true intentions in the last days (hopefully) of his failed presidency.
EVEN MORE BELIEVABLE the ding-a-ling demands compassion for Syrian refugees....but his Heart of Gold has a more lucrative tinge. Sucking up to refugees is a Gimme-The-Money scheme. 75% of US planes return without dropping their ordinance? 45 minute advance warnings to targets? refusing to bomb the oilfields funding ISIS? phony "limited" ground incursions?
All of it is going to be used to enrich him and the missus.
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The failed Libya incursion, etc, and Obama's failure to utter a discouraging word about Christian slaughter by Muslims are multi-layered facets of the obamas get-rich-quick schemes. That's the way the cunning Clintons got-rich- quick....looking the other away at human rights abuses....just as long as the wealthy abusers ponied up big bucks.
Obama's using the presidency as a cash cow......just as Hillary used the State Dept as a cash cow to enrich her family members and all of the Clinton factotums, their cronies, and donors made out like thieves.
The Clintons soak up humongous foundations donations, pocket huge honoraria and collect enormous paychecks from insider business deals involving armaments, oil, telecoms, mining, uranium deposits, etc etc etc.
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THE SYRIAN REFUGEE PLAN: "One Christian Slaughtered Every Five Minutes"
Muslim Persecution of Christians Report
September, 2015 Gatestone Institute
FR POSTED | December 14, 2015 | Raymond Ibrahim / FR Posted by SJackson
“These people are playing for the other side.”
That’s right; they have armed the opposition that will be killing the next US troops to pass through.
Send Hillary over there.
Notice top dog advisor the "brilliant" Susan Rice taking notes---planning to make a video starring the State Depts glittering jewel of colossal ignorance---marie harf---offering jobs to terrorists.
Embarrassing. Unfortunately, the Obama administration is chasing away US troops too; as of right now they are preparing to purge more NCO's in 2016.
Pretty nice of Paul Ryan to help Obama shovel money into bottomless overseas pockets and perpetual entitlement holes while he cuts troop strength. By the time the uniparty is done sucking the blood out of everything we have, we may still have combat parity with Grand Fenwick.
Mr. niteowl77
Does obama secretly want Trump to win? He is the gift that keeps on giving with his asshatery.
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