The U.S. military is preparing to conduct military and special operations training for Libya’s military and the training will risk including Islamist terrorists among the trainees, according to the commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command.
Adm. William McRaven, the commander who helped lead the covert raid to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, said in a brief interview Saturday that the counterterrorism training operation has not begun. “We’re in the early stages,” he told the Free Beacon.
McRaven said a major gun battle erupted in Tripoli last week among opposing militias, a sign of instability in the North African country. The training is needed to stabilize Libya, an oil-rich country beset by mounting terrorism and Islamist militias.
During a panel discussion on the war on terrorism at the Reagan National Defense Forum, McRaven disclosed that the Libyan military training would include both conventional forces training and special operations training and that there will be risks.
“the training will risk including Islamist terrorists among the trainees”
Since the public won’t get behind overtly assisting the terrorists in Syria, it’s hard not to think the point of training libyans (that is, the terrorists took over Libya during the Arab spring) is to surreptitiously train Syrian rebels. In other words, “it’s a feature not a bug.”
Good morning choir, I’ll be your preacher today. 🙂
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