{"id":65911,"date":"2016-05-20T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65911"},"modified":"2016-05-20T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T19:22:18","slug":"dunford-us-could-deploy-troops-to-libya-any-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65911","title":{"rendered":"Dunford: US could deploy troops to Libya “any day”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford told reporters that a deployment of US troops could have boots on the ground in Libya soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just not ready to deploy capabilities yet because there hasn\u2019t been an agreement. And frankly, any day that could happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunford spoke to a handful of journalists while returning to the United States from Brussels, where he met with military chiefs this week from numerous NATO nations. There is interest among some NATO nations in participating in the mission, Dunford said, but the specifics of who and what would be involved remain unclear. The operation will likely focus on training and equipping militias that pledge loyalty to Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj, the leader of the new Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), which is backed by the United Nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a long-term mission in Libya,\u201d Dunford predicted, adding that NATO will want a request from the new government in order to get involved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess there was an expiration date on that promise that the President made years ago about no boots on the ground in Libya – an expiration date that no one told us about. It’s funny, well, not really funny, that all of a sudden US troops in Libya is suddenly the solution to all of the world’s problems there, now that shit has gotten out of hand. The politicians made this problem, so arm the politicians and drop them in the middle of that shit. And cut their pay, fire support and benefits so they’ll fight harder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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