US launches airstrikes against ISIS in Libya

According to CNN, the US has begun expanding their airstrikes against ISIS in Libya as we support the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) – the UN-backed unity government of the fractured nation, while the Libyan government tries to take back the Libyan coastal city of Sirte from the ISIS thugs.

The White House said President Barack Obama authorized the airstrikes at the recommendation of Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
“The President’s been clear that he will deny any safe haven for groups like ISIL or any group that tries to do us harm,” White House spokesman Eric Schultz said. “The strikes you’ve seen are consistent with that approach.”

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Aside from Iraq and Syria, ISIS’ presence in Libya “is probably the most developed and the most dangerous,” CIA Director John Brennan recently told Congress.

And Libya’s proximity to Europe could compound the problem.

Better four years late than never, I guess. There is a case in favor of pre-emptive strikes here. At least we’re not having the discussion about arming this side or that side for a change.

Fox News says that the air strikes came from USS WASP;

Marine Corps Harrier jets launched from Wasp conducted strikes Monday along with unmanned drones from a location the U.S. military did not want disclosed, one official said. The strikes targeted ISIS militants in their stronghold of Sirte, a Libyan coastal city.

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