The London 11

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2630524/John-Kerry-suggests-war-torn-African-country-Libya-track-wanted-to.html

It's heartwarming to see the guys having a good time.  

Kerry told reporters on Thursday that the London 11 would be helping Libya to 'accelerate the effort to bring about stability and security and the governance that is necessary,' while allowing 'the time and the space for Libyan authorities to be able to confront the threat from extremism and the challenges that their country faces of just providing governance to their people.'....

.....Libya is a country rich in resources, rich in people with talent and capacity. And we hope that in the days ahead we’re going to be able to tap into that and find a way to help the Libyan people to move forward to have the kind of stability and peaceful governance that they aspire to.'

And we hope that in the days ahead we’re going to be able to tap into that and find a way to help the Libyan people to move forward to have the kind of stability and peaceful governance that they aspire to

Oh, I bet him and his dirty chums will be tapping into Libya's wealth. Which of Biden's family is going to be put in charge of that?

I wonder, has this shoddy crew got the slightest idea of the damage they are doing to America every single time they open their corrupt, oligarch mouths?

And if he wants to 'help' Syria, he could always try not arming cannibals, or the scumbags that blew up Aleppo's water and electricity supply, just as refugees were trying to move back into what was left of their homes.

I've come to the conclusion that the current shower in the White House like spreading fear, misery and bloodshed around the world, and looting the ruins. They bear no resemblance whatsoever to the fine Americans who did so much to rebuild strong, stable democracies in Europe and Japan after the Second World War.

They are all disgusting, and I do hope that at some time in the future, the American people charge the whole lot of them with treason.

Bravo Bonny. I don't think they care what it looks like as all they care about is filthy lucre.

I don't think the Obama administration cares about anyone, Lily, not the rest of the world, not Americans, no-one. I have genuinely never seen such rottenness before, and the business with Biden's son and Kerry's crony was the last straw.

They don't even have the sense to hide it anymore.

Al Quaeda and its associated terrorist groups are stronger than ever, not least thanks to the US arming them whenever they were attacking a government the US didn't like. Which translates as, Wouldn't let the US oligarchs loot their country.

It will be interesting to see if Obama tries to lock horns with the new Indian PM, he doesn't sound like he's going to be a soft target.

I think you are right. Will look forward to him getting together with the new PM although it might not bother our guy much. I mean, he is the Master of the Universe, isn't he?   

http://www.infowars.com/police-now-armed-for-war-against-returning-veterans/

In an interview with Fox 59, a Morgan County, Indiana Police Sergeant admits that the increasing militarization of domestic police departments is partly to deal with returning veterans who are now seen as a homegrown terror threat.

Hello? Men - and women - who have served their country are now suspected of being domestic terrorists?

The FBI has also repeatedly characterized returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan as a major domestic terrorist threat.
It seems to have been completely forgotten by police departments, the media and Americans in general that having military-style tanks patrol the streets is symbolic of a collapsing banana republic or an authoritarian Communist state.
Perhaps the main reason why police officers are being trained that veterans are a major threat is because returning vets are in a perfect position to recognize that America is beginning to resemble an occupied country like Afghanistan.
Such warnings have come from people like former Marine Corps Colonel Peter Martino, who was stationed in Fallujah and trained Iraqi soldiers. Martino went before a New Hampshire city council meeting last year to assert that the Department of Homeland Security is working with law enforcement to build a “domestic army,” because the federal government is afraid of its own citizens.

It beggars belief, it really does.

      

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/05/15/Dept-of-Agriculture-Orders-Ballistic-Body-Armor

WTF?

It's for your protection, Lily, Government knows best.   

Phew Bonny. I thought it was for something awful. I feel so much better now.   

Don't worry about it, Lily, Obama knows best!

Something is rotten in Denmark.

Someone needs to make Obama watch V for Vendetta, give him some idea what happens when bullied citizens are finally pushed too far.

He may not even care. He has the beast to ride in.

Think Kerry had better rethink that idea about tapping into Libya's resources:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/05/fierce-fighting-rages-libya-benghazi-2014516131627833524.html

Fierce fighting rages in Libya's Benghazi
At least 18 die as forces believed to be loyal to army general at the centre of coup rumours clash with armed groups.

Fierce fighting in eastern Libya between army troops loyal to a general at the centre of recent coup rumours and two armed groups has killed at least 18 people and injured 90, according to officials.

The country's top military official was describing Friday's offensive - launched without government approval - as a "coup", news agency the Associated Press reported.

Military aircraft and helicopters, apparently under the command of Major General Khalifa Haftar, were flying over the city of Benghazi on Friday, Libyan security officials said.

On the ground, Haftar's troops attacked the bases of the Islamist group Rafallah al-Sahati and another group known as February 17, the officials said.

Major General Abdel-Salam Gadallah al-Obeidi, Libya's chief of staff, said forces that launched the Benghazi assault were under Haftar's control. However, he did not address claims that federal forces fought on Haftar's side, according to the Associated Press.

Al-Obeidi said he would ban any forces from entering Benghazi to join Haftar, without elaborating. Al-Obeidi later described the unfolding events as a "coup', the Associated Press reported.

Interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni later said only one jet moved out to attack the armed groups without government permission, along with some 120 weapons-loaded army vehicles.

"This is an attempt to use the current security situation to stand against the revolution. ... The era of coup is gone,'' he said in a televised statement.

Libya's state LANA news agency, citing medical sources, said 12 people had been killed and 90 were injured.

Mohammed al-Hegazi, a spokesman for Haftar, told Libyan television station Al-Ahrar that some military units joined Haftar and his forces in their fight against the armed groups.

He said the operation, called the `"Dignity of Libya," included air forces and special forces.

Al-Hegazi said Haftar's forces now controlled the two militia bases.

The "clashes will not stop until the operation achieves its goals," al-Hegazi said.

He said forces based at the city's airport had also joined Haftar.

While it was not immediately possible to verify his claims, Reuters reported that Libyan authorities closed the Benghazi airport late on Friday because of the fighting.

"We have closed the airport for the safety of passengers as there were clashes in the city. The airport will be reopened depending on the security situation," Ibrahim Farkash, the director of Benghazi's Benina airport, told Reuters.

Associated Press footage from Benghazi showed at least one military helicopter flying overhead as gunfire crackled in the city.

The LANA news agency quoted Milad al-Zowi, a special forces spokesman, denying that his troops were involved.

Friday's assault marks the first time that army units have fought unilaterally and joined forces with Haftar, who once headed the army under Gaddafi but defected in the 1980s. After Gaddafi's ouster, he was assigned to help rebuild the forces, but he was removed soon after.

In February, Haftar appeared in an online video aired on several Libyan television stations. Wearing a military uniform, he stood in front of a map of Libya and the national flag and claimed to speak for the "general command of the Libyan army".

In the video, he said the military intended to "rescue" the nation.

Libya's government viewed Haftar's statement as a coup attempt. Later Libyan media reports claimed Haftar held meetings in air bases in eastern Libya to win the support of the military.

Armed groups grew in number and power after the ouster of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, taking advantage of Libya's disarrayed military and police.

Also on Friday, Algerian's Foreign Ministry announced the closure of its embassy in Tripoli, citing "information of a clear and imminent threat" to its diplomatic personnel.

The statement did not specify if the ambassador and his staff had been evacuated and described the closure as a temporary measure in light of the "difficult security conditions".