When it comes to Libya, I either hear people crying hysterically for intervention or crying hysterically for non-intervention, when what I would like to hear, I mean really like to hear, is who the hell is fighting the Qaddafi regime. It doesn't matter if it's Sarah Palin or Ron Paul, Michael Reagan or Justin Amash, their calls for action do nothing but frustrate me, as none of them seem to know who is fighting whom over there.
Every search I conduct on the Internet results in little (if any) info on just what the opposition over there consists of. One piece which addresses the identity of the opposition, though, comes from Byron York of The Washington Examiner, which focuses on one leader who previously defended the Taliban against our troops in Afghanistan, and claimed to have recruited 25 jihadists to fight our troops in Iraq. The piece also focuses on the group this leader is said to be a member of, and its relationship with al-Qaeda.
Whether groups like the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group make up the whole or even most of the opposition to Qaddafi is still not known for sure, but the evidence presented by Mr. York is disturbing. Thanks to President Obama, we are now involved in the situation in Libya, and it's quite possible we're helping forces out there who not only may be far worse than Qaddafi ever was, but who may have fought and killed our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11. That's unacceptable to me if such is the case.
It's bad enough President Obama has been a worthless Commander-in-Chief (I keep thinking of what I read about how Jimmy Carter did during a hostage crisis in Iran), but the mess he's in is going to get worse if it turns out radical Islamists in Libya are getting assistance from us.
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