Jim Kouri
Law Enforcement Examiner
10/20/2011
The Obama Administration’s celebration of the killing of Libyan dictator Moamar Khadhafi by rebel fighters is expected to result in a financial bonanza for that war-torn nation’s fledgling government. During a meeting with leaders from the National Transitional Council yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised that the United States will help rebuild post-Khadhafi Libya.
Secretary Clinton secretly flew to Libya for security reasons to meet with officials from Libya’s interim government in Tripoli the day before Khadhafi’s death. She told the leaders at the time that they are welcomed by the United States and the U.S. government officials will review Libya’s needs as it moves forward towards a democracy…
…While President Barack Obama and many in Washington, D.C., are optimistic about Libya’s future, many within the intelligence, military and law enforcement communities are less enthusiastic.
“This is typical ‘progressive’ politics: Obama and Clinton are quite generous with other people’s money. So what if it ends up in the hands of terrorists? It’s happened before when millions of dollars were given to the Palestinians only to end up in the hands of Hamas or other terrorist group,” argues former police commander and military intelligence officer Donald Sumner.
“We played a minimal role in this ‘war’ and yet here we are promising millions of taxpayer dollars to people we’re not even sure about,” said political strategist Mike Baker.
“With our economy in virtual turmoil, how many nations are we going to rebuild… or help to rebuild?” Baker asked rhetorically…
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