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"EU officials greeted Trump’s remarks with disbelief and a fear that the White House had accepted a joint interpretation of the war by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia that underplayed its complexity." theguardian.com/world/2019/apr…
"It was our fledgling nation’s first attempt to exert its authority overseas. It was also America’s first conflict with an asymmetrical opponent in the Muslim world." warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military…
Instead of attacking dictators, Trump and Bolton now listen to them for our foreign policy advice. The Emiratis said Mohamed Dahlan had put in the fix with the militias and Haftar would win. They were wrong. ft.com/content/8d16ef…
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There is a significant lack of understanding in the media about what 'security contractors" do in Afghanistan. Between targeting support and training much of is clearly defined, quite dull and rigidly overseen due to previous problems. usnews.com/news/national-…
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#Haftar has history. "In 1987, Haftar led a Libyan invasion force into neighboring Chad and was captured and imprisoned by Chadian forces. Gaddafi did not negotiate for Haftar's release." He was defeated by the tiny mobile forces of "GUNT" and captured. nytimes.com/1987/04/13/wor…
1987 The Toyota War: Ouadi Doum was Libya's "Death Star", defended by 5,000 Libyan troops. 1,269 Libyans died, 438 Libyans captured vs 29 Chadian soldiers killed and 58 wounded. "Prisoners included the regional commander, Col. Khalifa Hastar" (Haftar) latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
January 1987: "(Haftar) made disastrous mistakes, such as dispatching Libyan columns to recapture the city of Fada, only for these columns to be mauled, and requiring a secondary force to rescue them, which was also crushed." washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Docume…
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For fun, follow @realDonaldTrump's trajectory and me if there is consistency or direction other than disaster mismanagement. He creates conflict, fails and then reverses himself, leaving his supporters looking like fools and his followers baffled. realclearpolitics.com/timeline/presi…
@realDonaldTrump The media loves Trump because they have to google er...research statements and find a rich landscape of random attention seeking statements, errors, insults, fibs and controversial statements not to mention over 40,000 tweets. nbcnews.com/politics/2016-…
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