I don't know what else you can call it, folks....
"The dispute over the ship underscored the weakness of the Libyan state and the extent to which the Obama administration is willing to use military force to support an oil-rich state still reeling from the aftermath of its civil war....
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"The United States has ruled out sending its troops back in, but...."
Wow, Libya has become Iraq!
The US operation could alienate an eastern Libyan faction that has remained relatively friendly to the United States in an atmosphere of growing Islamist extremism.... The overnight raid sparked outrage among Libyans who have sought greater autonomy from the state and whose sense of disenfranchisement dates back to the era of rule by Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy."
Obummer's "liberation" of Libya is worse than Khadafy's rule, with a destroyed nation the result!
"US seizes North Korea-flagged tanker carrying Libyan oil" by Ernesto Londoño and Abigail Hauslohner | Washington Post March 18, 2014
WASHINGTON — A team of Navy SEALs boarded a North Korean-flagged oil tanker Sunday night in the Mediterranean in an apparent bid to prevent the delivery of Libyan crude worth several millions of dollars that members of a militia had been attempting to sell, according to US and Libyan officials.
In a daring operation approved by President Obama, the SEALs commandeered the commercial tanker Morning Glory shortly after 10 p.m. and were en route overnight to a Libyan port, said Rear Admiral John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman. No one was hurt during the operation, he said.
Sure looks like piracy and a violation of international law to me, and now we know whom to hold responsible!
So when does Obummer get tried like a Somali pirate?
Libya’s fledgling government had strongly opposed the sale of oil by a militia in eastern Libya and at one point threatened to bomb the vessel.
Related: Libyan forces threaten N. Korea-flagged oil tanker
When it left port last week, outraged lawmakers ousted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan through a no-confidence vote and installed the country’s defense minister as interim leader. Zeidan had become deeply unpopular for failing to rein in the authority of militias that emerged during Libya’s 2011 civil war.
That happens to all the guys AmeriKa installs!
In a statement issued Monday, the Libyan government said that its initial efforts to seize control of the ship had failed as a result of ‘‘bad weather and inadequate resources.’’
So the U.S. had to do it?
The dispute over the ship underscored the weakness of the Libyan state and the extent to which the Obama administration is willing to use military force to support an oil-rich state still reeling from the aftermath of its civil war.
‘‘The Libyan interim government confirms that the sale of Libyan oil is the main source of national income and any illegal removal will not be tolerated,’’ the Libyan government said in a statement. The statement credited the United States and Cyprus for their help in stopping the shipment.
The Libyan statement said the ship’s crew was ‘‘safe and well’’ and would be ‘‘dealt with according to international and national law.’’
I'm getting sick of those terms being thrown around.
The Pentagon’s statement said the team of SEALs used the USS Roosevelt as a staging platform for the mission.
In the eastern city of Benghazi, a prominent businessman said the overnight raid sparked outrage among Libyans who have sought greater autonomy from the state and whose sense of disenfranchisement dates back to the era of rule by Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy.
‘‘The people are saying that the United States betrayed us and we thought it was our partner,’’ said Fathallah Bin Ali, an associate of Ibrahim Jathran, leader of a federalist militia that was attempting to sell the oil.
Hey, nothing personal. They do it all the time. It's whatever power politics and empire call for at any given moment.
Jathran and his allies accuse the post-revolutionary government of neglecting the east, where the bulk of the country’s oil and gas wealth is located.
His militia seized key eastern oil terminals last summer in an effort to force Tripoli to give eastern Libyans greater control over oil sales, which are handled by a state-run company and ministry based in Tripoli.
AmeriKa's Libyan friends were getting ripped off in favor of the puppet regime?
The US operation could alienate an eastern Libyan faction that has remained relatively friendly to the United States in an atmosphere of growing Islamist extremism. Bin Ali, a Benghazi resident who was a friend of the late US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, said the seizure of the tanker angered some Libyans.
Related: Benghazi Bulls***
The operation showed that the United States is first and foremost ‘‘a capitalist country’’ that had abandoned its friends. ‘‘They believe that crude is more sacred than blood,’’ he added.
Now you got it!
I know, I now, it's quite an eye-opener. All the highfalutin' AmeriKan rhetoric is just that!
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All this to try and stir up war with North Korea?
UPDATE:
"US hands over control of tanker to Libya
TRIPOLI — US sailors handed over control of a captured oil tanker to Libyan forces in international waters Saturday. The Libyan navy said the tanker, Morning Glory, headed to the port at Zawiya refinery, west of the capital of Tripoli. Last week, US Navy SEALs seized the ship off Cyprus, stopping an attempt by a Libyan militia to sell its shipload of crude (AP)."
