Who Are the Libyan Rebels?

Another reason to end the bombing in Libya: It’s been admitted by officials that the U.S. government is now fighting to protect at least some al Qaeda fighters/sympathizers in Libya.  This has been written about recently by MSNBC and today at the Washington Post, and I just listened to Rand Paul, (Republican Senator) discuss it on the floor of the Senate).  I usually disagree with much of what Rand Paul talks about but on the topic of war and possibly arming another set of “freedom fighters” who may have ties to al Qaeda, I agree with him — the U.S. war in Libya should not have been started and should endas soon as possible.  (It’s not a NATO war, it’s a U.S. and apparently French war). According to the Washington Post, “ As the U.S. transfers leadership to NATO, intelligence experts are trying hard to sort out just who the rebels are. (March 30)”  A headline today says, “Libyan opposition includes a small number of al-Qaeda fighters, U.S. officials say“. So these are not rebels we want to help, much less arm. Shouldn’t we have figured this out before we started a war on their behalf? And oddly, the corporate [...]

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