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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nChief Tango sends us a link to the New York Times<\/a> which, thanks to anonymous sources, lays out the pentagon’s strategy for fighting ISIS in Libya. <\/p>\n Airstrikes against as many as 30 to 40 targets in four areas of the country would aim to deal a crippling blow to the Islamic State\u2019s most dangerous affiliate outside of Iraq and Syria, and open the way for Western-backed Libyan militias to battle Islamic State fighters on the ground. Allied bombers would carry out additional airstrikes to support the militias on the ground. The military option was described by five American officials who have been briefed on the plans and spoke about them on the condition of anonymity because of their confidential nature.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n Indeed, the reason so many military officials were willing to discuss classified war planning, including the option of aggressive airstrikes, was to show that the administration was taking the ISIS threat in Libya seriously. At the same time, though, the administration hopes to show that it is exercising restraint…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’ll bet that by the time they get around to launching these airstrikes, the targets will have fewer targets. I’m also prretty sure that any of these “military officials” have any military rank attached to their names.<\/p>\n