So, an Islamist group called Misrata, who I’d never heard of up till 2 minutes ago, took over the airport in Tripoli, which is a sure sign that the revolution that toppled Gaddafi is having a bit of trouble, and then the airport gets bombed and at first nobody knows who did it and then Egypt and the United Arab Emirates take credit and the U.S. says it was totally surprised and didn’t see that one coming at all.
I can’t quite fathom Egypt’s motivation but, to be clear, I’m not really sure who’s in charge in Egypt any more and I’m not sure the Egyptians know, either, because even the ones who are in charge might not be in charge for long, and I understand the UAE’s motivation even less because I thought they were just busy building all of the tallest buildings in the world and attracting wealthy western tourists.
Then there is ISIS, the crazy Islamic group in Iraq and Syria, who some people say (see, we on the left can play that game, too) were trained by the CIA, and it’s believable because it has happened before (the Taliban, for instance), although I’m not sure that means the U.S. is directly behind ISIS, it’s more likely just another group we supported without understanding their actual motives. Just another CIA fuckup, like every CIA fuckup.
To the best of my knowledge, they have never done a single thing which did not make the world a more dangerous place.
Bashar Assad has indicated that he’d be all in favor of the U.S. coming in and taking out the ISIS, but he doesn’t want the U.S. to come in without co-ordinating it with him first, which puts Obama in a bit of a weird position, or would, if people’s memories extended back beyond a week or two, because he did say at one point that Assad was totally unacceptable and had to go but it seems like now we are on his side, because there is so little doubt the others are even worse.
It’s a bloody barroom brawl. You swing a chair, you’ll hit somebody, but you’re not exactly sure who.
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