Well Guess Things Are Not Going Too Well In Libya

[esmith]

Seems that massive amounts of US weapons including the most high-tech NVG have gone missing in Libya. Wonder who were the beneficiaries of this equipment and how bad it is going to turn around and bite us in the ***.
Theft of US weapons in Libya involved hundreds of guns, sources say | Fox News

Made a mistake meant to say laser designators not NVG

 

[BSM1]

Seems that massive amounts of US weapons including the most high-tech NVG have gone missing in Libya. Wonder who were the beneficiaries of this equipment and how bad it is going to turn around and bite us in the ***.
Theft of US weapons in Libya involved hundreds of guns, sources say | Fox News

Some mules have to be hit twice between the eyes with a 2x4 before you have their attention. Unfortunately.

 

[InformedIgnorance]

How much of it was really stolen? How much was used as payments to various forces, embezzled to allow it to be used in more covert allocations or simply destroyed/abandoned after having been used for a purpose not officially sanctioned etc?

 

[Brickjectivity]

Here's something about it by the Libya Herald: The New Independent Libya Daily : "Speaking to the Libya Herald, the Pentagon was guarded its comments: "Fox News has maintained that the loss of the specialised equipment has caused a rift between Washington and Tripoli. However a London defence specialist today told Libya Herald: “This all sounds rather odd. It would be hard to imagine that US forces, whatever their mission, would be training Libyans with state-of-the-art equipment. "

Read more: Weaponry plundering prompts US training withdrawal | Libya Herald
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Here's a less sensationalized article by The Telegraph containing information Fox leaves out about chemical weapons and the UN perspective:

UN report paints grim assessment of Libya - Telegraph

 

[Flankerl]

The second i saw people destroying a british cemetary i knew that things werent going to well. And that was over a year ago.

 

[LuisDantas]

Of course things are not going too well in Libya.

The place was ruled by a fanatic and violent madman for decades after having been a colony of fascist Italy, has little understanding of personal or religious freedom, lacks anything resembling self-reliance in basic needs such as food, and has just gone through a bloody civil war with a few explosive drones thrown in for spice.

Oh, and it just happens to be in the Middle East, be oil-rich, and a Muslim state surrounded by several others.

What did anyone expect? A new Nordic Country?

 

[metis]

This is one of the reasons that I opposed McCain's belief that we should arm the rebels.

 

[Revoltingest]

Meeting set on Iraq vet's SpongeBob gravestone
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