....Terrorist supporting bases.
At some point the US needs to re-establish our humint network. The CIA, NSA and DIA all rely on electronic and overhead intelligence and that leaves out a lot. We need to go back to the dirty business of paying agents for information.
With another more Pro-American administration in Washington, the plan would be to recognize the provisional government and secure a base to supply an offensive to wipeout the Iranian rats nests down there and chalk up the first win for the US against Iran.
More proof of the evil Mullahs spreading their “religious” hate, slavery, and death.
Ping.
The axis of evil has a new member.
My, my. I wonder which side the Iranians are fighting with now?
“Dates back to 2006.”
That’s about the time that Bush went lame duck, as the Democrats swept the election and took over congress.
Nothing that a few well placed TLAN or M’s couldn’t deal with...
Well, that would seem to suck. Did the rookie Hussein go along with it?
Jimmy Carter. The gift that keeps on giving.
They are both members of OPEC and have been cooperating with each other in assorted ways for yrs.
http://www.irantracker.org/foreign-relations/libya-iran-foreign-relations
Unless this is a complete wild hare of Qaddafi, it is questionable, because Libya is 97% Sunni. Admittedly, the fruitcake factor with the big Q is sky high, but his permitting Shiite military in his country would likely only be if they were encircled by superior Libyan army units.
The Egyptians are very sensitive about Shiites, especially Iranian backed Shiites in Lebanon, so they would not be cool at all to the idea having Iranian military on the other side of Egypt as well.
In any event, if their existence was compromised, which is likely, they had better get out of Libya in a hurry, as there would be a waiting line for some serious players to take them out.
Thanks Ernest. There was at least one covert insert into the Libya desert, terrorist training camp, killed in their sleep. Supposedly. Supposebly. ;’)
They should make easy targets.
Ya, good thing Iran got those Girl Scout cookies through the canal last week...
The Iranians are the primary exporters of revolution at the moment, taking up the role the Cubans used to play for the same reasons if in hopes of different outcomes. It’s a ruinously expensive indulgence. So is a nuclear weapons program. We are blessed insofar as our enemies are fools; cursed insofar as we are.