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Who's up for a death pool on Haftar? I gotta bad feeling the Turks are going to zap him. Haftar hired Erik Prince's "Opus" mercenaries to kill the GNA (3 are EU citizens) in June but they shit the bed. I am getting spidey tingles that the Turks may reach out and touch Haftar.
Strategically Haftar's magical vaporization solves an awkward legal problem for the UAE, saves KSA some money, removes a political barrier and would encourage a constructive dialog between east, west and south. And of course sells whatever weapon Turkey uses to bunker bust him.
The mainroadblock:. Khalifa Haftar is an American. How would Trump react to a medicare recipiant being shredded as a terrorist in his bed? Turkey already has a bounty on M. Dahlan, wants Muhammed Fethullah Gülen badly and would have awkward conversations about legality.
The other option is forced retirement. You might remember even Greedy Idi was allowed to retire and relax poolside in Jeddah courtesy the Saudis. Despite smashing people's skulls in for fun.
In any case I was chatting with one of Haftar's CIA old school handlers yesterday. We agreed that Haftar had his moment and the moment is gone.
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