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May 10, 2013

Umpteenth Wake-Up Call

A news update (below), especially for those who think the U.S. should arm Syrian “rebels”.

After “aiding” the Libyan rebels, the U.S. was rewarded with a murdered Ambassador and 3 other murdered Americans, as well as destruction of its Consulate in Benghazi, Tripoli. Today, the U.S. is "repositioning assets” in response to a “deteriorating security situation" in Tripoli, Libya, after a series of “disturbing security developments" (see below).

Folks, we've got a problem. And it's not going away anytime soon. So maybe it's time to wake-up (for the umpteenth time) and do something about it? If so, here are a few suggestions:

1. As noted several days ago in our Message of the Day: "Time to NAME the enemy and stop using misleading (and ridiculous) terms like 'self-radicalized' individuals or 'Al Qaeda-inspired' terrorists or extremists."

Better to focus on their ideology rather than their “organizational” structure or how they're 'radicalized', e.g., via Internet, on the ground training or just plain self-inspiration! 

The one thing they ALL have in common is their ideology. Call it Islamic jihad, desire to establish Islamic dominance, or anything else, provided the anything else includes the word “Islamic,” “Islam” or a variation thereof.

2.  Given its lousy track record in picking losers & winners in the Muslim/Islamic world, the U.S. should stop arming groups it knows little, if anything about, including so-called Syrian "rebels."

3. Stop trying to win ‘hearts & minds,’ appeasing, nation-building, and/or apologizing for who and what we are. The Muslim world, in particular, neither appreciates nor respects it. Sad? Yes. Can we change it? NO.

4. Adopt a don’t-mess-with-us foreign policy that will send a clear message to all: Do what you will in your part of the world, but mess with us and/or our friends, and expect a DISPROPORTIONATE response. Cold-hearted? No, just fact of life.

Needless to say we'd be delighted to hear other suggestions on how to deal with disturbing security developments, provided such suggestions haven't been tried and shown to be colossal failures in the past.

FoxNews.com  |  May 10, 2013

US Military Units Put On Alert As Security Situation Deteriorates In Libyan Capital

By Jennifer Griffin, Justin Fishel

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April 23, 2013: Security officers and officials inspect the site of a car bomb that targeted the French embassy wounding two French guards and causing extensive material damage in Tripoli, Libya. (AP)

The U.S. military has alerted two elite military units in Europe to be on standby if needed to respond to a deteriorating security situation in Tripoli, Fox News has learned. 

In recent days both the U.S. embassy and British embassy in Libya have removed non-essential staff from their embassies. 

A specialized Marine unit based in Moron, Spain, is in the process of being repositioned closer to Libya; and in Stuttgart, Germany, a special operations force assigned to AFRICOM has been placed on heightened alert. 

Neither team has moved yet. 

"We are repositioning assets in the region that could respond if necessary," a senior military official told Fox News Friday. "If the situation deteriorates (in Tripoli) we would be positioned to respond." 

The positioning comes after a series of disturbing security developments. Protests broke out Sunday in the capital. The U.S., Britain and France -- the coalition that overthrew Muammar Qaddafi -- issued a joint warning Wednesday to the militias to observe the rule of law, amid concerns about rising tensions between armed rival factions. In Benghazi, there were two explosions at police stations.   

The State Department issued a warning Thursday saying the security situation in Tripoli "deteriorated when armed groups seized Libyan government buildings in a dispute over a law regarding officials of the former regime." 

The department said it ordered "a number of U.S. government personnel" to depart in response. 

The British issued the following warning: "Given the security implications of the ongoing political uncertainty, the British Embassy is temporarily withdrawing a small number of staff, mainly those who work in support of Government Ministries which have been affected by recent developments."

Original article here.


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