Of course, paying attention and thinking things through have never been a big part of Barry's foreign policy. Naturally, then,
this story comes as no surprise , since most thinking people realized that creating a power vacuum in Libya would result in bad guys getting ahold of weapons available in that vacuum that we would rather they not have. Like
current-generation shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles:
The Obama administration isn’t only giving the Taliban back its commanders — it’s giving them weapons.
Miliary records and sources reveal that on July 25, 2012, Taliban fighters in Kunar province successfully targeted a US Army CH-47 helicopter with a new generation Stinger missile.
Yeah, good times. How's that smart power working out for you? Just about as well as the reset button with Russia turned out, I guess. Thank God we can count on Qatar to keep in line those five nasty-ass jihadis we just sent them in exchange for a deserter. Oh, wait:
My sources in the US Special Operations community believe the Stinger fired against the Chinook was part of the same lot the CIA turned over to the Qataris in early 2011, weapons Hillary Rodham Clinton’s State Department intended for anti-Khadafy forces in Libya.
They believe the Qataris delivered between 50 and 60 of those same Stingers to the Taliban in early 2012, and an additional 200 SA-24 Igla-S surface-to-air missiles.
Qatar now is expected to hold five Taliban commanders released from Guantanamo for a year before allowing them to go to Afghanistan.
I'm sure that will work out fine. After all, the country is in the best of hands.
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