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Don’t Let Russia Dominate Libya A Kremlin-backed strongman in Tripoli would be a disaster for U.S. interests.
WaPo ^ | December 2, 2019 | Emily Estelle

Posted on 12/03/2019 2:17:58 AM PST by NorseViking

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Let Russia become the ally in the Middle East that the people in the Middle Easy grow to hate claiming that ally is the source of all their problems. The U.S. can say: Been there, done that. Meanwhile Russia will get over extended and in ways it cannot begin to pay for.


21 posted on 12/03/2019 7:14:43 AM PST by Wuli
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Russia is not entirely new to the area although its approach is different. You don’t see the son of Russian VP sitting on board of their companies and getting millions in kickbacks.


22 posted on 12/03/2019 7:21:46 AM PST by NorseViking
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In doing so, they’re undermining U.S. credibility

That ship sailed when Hillary said, "We Came, We Saw, He Died!"

23 posted on 12/03/2019 7:23:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The Iraqis are still missing Saddam and with near European living quality gone Libyans are praying day and night for a second coming of Kaddafy.


24 posted on 12/03/2019 7:34:25 AM PST by NorseViking
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Well said.

I’ve also heard other possibilities .... new currency away from the dollar ... oil pipelines .... not sure on all but our warmongers wanted him removed.


25 posted on 12/03/2019 7:17:22 PM PST by boycott
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Yep, that’s all part of it. Kaddafy could see things the rest of the World will see sooner or later. The globalists hijacked US and using US dollar as a tool to rob people.
There are basically two options. American people need to get rid of globalists or patriots of their countries abroad need to get rid of US dollar. The first approach is preferable for US but if you fail to do it you can’t blame the rest of the world for picking the latter variant.


26 posted on 12/03/2019 7:31:34 PM PST by NorseViking
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Khalifa Haftar's yearlong Tripoli offensive against the Ankara-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) began to collapse. Believed to have been supplied to the Libyan strongman as early as last year by his backers [Iran's stooges] in the Gulf, the Russian system was meant to be used as a trump card against Turkey's combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) air interdiction operations... Analysis of open source data has estimated that up to 9 Pantsir units were lost in quick succession to UAV strikes during May, with footage of the strikes going viral on social media. To add insult to injury, a tenth Pantsir system was dramatically captured by GNA forces, and to great fanfare paraded through Tripoli as a war trophy. It is speculated that the captured Pantsir's final fate is to be picked apart for intelligence purposes.
Libya: A Catastrophe for Russia's Pantsir S1 Air Defense System

27 posted on 06/23/2020 2:50:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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