Opportunity for terrorists in Libya existed long before the USA and France ended the slaughter of people in eastern Libya. The Libyan civil war existed before Qaddafi rolled tanks across the northern desert. Americans were evacuated from the Libyan capital of Tripoli before The West began it's bombing.
Tripoli was a safe place because Qaddafi lived there. When eastern Libya became an irritation the tanks were employed to kill no matter how many civilians were in their sights.
Today, Libya remains a challenge to stabilize. As the Arab Spring turns into stabilized governments there is less and less land available for invasions of international criminals such as Daesh.
President Obama has brought the global community to one table to protect sovereignty from internal instability by Daesh, unfortunately, Libya has no successful leadership to carry out the same sovereign stability as the rest of the world. I am quite certain there is an UN Resolution regarding Libya. That needs to be drawn upon to continue to build stability in Libya.
A country does not become unstable overnight and bringing in new authority is all that much more difficult. If the current Libyan leadership needs assistance in defeating a toxic terrorist group I am sure the global community has no objection for the USA to enter the fray one more time in Libya. The United Nation's Security Council has it's work cut out for it. Keeping a lid on citizen's deaths is paramount to end illegal and immoral invasions.
August 6, 2016
The NYT Editorial Board
The American military (click here) this week began bombing Islamic State targets in Libya, opening another front in its war against the terrorist group. The campaign was launched to help Libyan fighters allied with the country’s fledgling, internationally recognized government rout the Islamic State from Surt, a coastal city that, since 2014, has served as a base for ISIS’ efforts to establish a franchise in Libya.
Tripoli was a safe place because Qaddafi lived there. When eastern Libya became an irritation the tanks were employed to kill no matter how many civilians were in their sights.
Today, Libya remains a challenge to stabilize. As the Arab Spring turns into stabilized governments there is less and less land available for invasions of international criminals such as Daesh.
President Obama has brought the global community to one table to protect sovereignty from internal instability by Daesh, unfortunately, Libya has no successful leadership to carry out the same sovereign stability as the rest of the world. I am quite certain there is an UN Resolution regarding Libya. That needs to be drawn upon to continue to build stability in Libya.
A country does not become unstable overnight and bringing in new authority is all that much more difficult. If the current Libyan leadership needs assistance in defeating a toxic terrorist group I am sure the global community has no objection for the USA to enter the fray one more time in Libya. The United Nation's Security Council has it's work cut out for it. Keeping a lid on citizen's deaths is paramount to end illegal and immoral invasions.
August 6, 2016
The NYT Editorial Board
The American military (click here) this week began bombing Islamic State targets in Libya, opening another front in its war against the terrorist group. The campaign was launched to help Libyan fighters allied with the country’s fledgling, internationally recognized government rout the Islamic State from Surt, a coastal city that, since 2014, has served as a base for ISIS’ efforts to establish a franchise in Libya.
Given
the country’s fractured politics and the messy amalgam of militias born
of the 2011 civil war, in which the United States played a key role,
the Obama administration has long been hesitant to re-engage militarily.
Still, American officials grew concerned as the Islamic State made
quick inroads along Libya’s coast, enforcing draconian social laws and
carrying out brutal executions. In recent weeks, militias aligned with
the government have made significant progress in taking back territory
from ISIS. But they were incurring heavy casualties, which led Libya’s
prime minister, Fayez Serraj, to ask the United States to help with
airstrikes....
