On Working with Grizzlies…
I wrote earlier about Libya and Ambassador Stevens. It turns out that Stevens had gone secretly into Libya during the overthrow of Gaddafi. He was working with the rebels; the Grizzly’s, to use my earlier analogy. He thought they were his friends and would appreciate his help.
Caroline Glick elaborates in a good column on the naiveté of U.S. policy. A taste:
But did he understand the forces he was unleashing? Stevens arrived in Benghazi at an early phase of US involvement in the rebellion against Gaddafi, a former US foe who had been neutered since 2004. But even then it was clear that the rebels with whom he worked included jihadist fighters associated with al-Qaida. Their significance became obvious when just after the regime fell in November 2011, rebel forces foisted the flag of al-Qaida over the courthouse in Benghazi.Did Stevens understand what this meant?