Capt Walter Miller 1147912 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Just 350 miles from the tiny European member state Malta, ISIS has set up a colony in Surt, Libya. This Libyan outpost is now receiving veteran fighters and administrators from the burgeoning theocratic blob that has spread across Syria and Iraq. It is from this redoubt in Surt that the Islamic State can project power across North Africa, according to an in-depth report from The New York Times.<br /><br />Now that we've seen the Islamic State lash out on European soil, the prospect of them establishing a statelet 400 miles from Italy should give us pause. How did they get there? How was Surt made ready to be the Islamic State's caliphate away from the caliphate?<br /><br />Look no further than the woman most likely to become our next president, Hillary Clinton. Using American power to help overthrow Moammar Gadhafi's government was her signature idea as secretary of state. Surely, the Arab Spring rebels would handle the mop up. Alas, it didn't turn out that way.<br /><br />However, beyond a tut-tutting tweet from Jeb Bush, don't expect any of Clinton's 2016 rivals for high office to criticize her for it. The Republican Party is now congenitally unable to criticize the result of a war without promising to double — nay, Supersize — its awful consequences. And socialist hero Bernie Sanders is too busy beating on the billionaires to take much notice of violent extremism. His plan to stop the spread of terrorism is to cool the planet."<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://theweek.com/articles/591387/blindingly-obvious-political-attack-that-every-2016-candidate-should-use-against-hillary">http://theweek.com/articles/591387/blindingly-obvious-political-attack-that-every-2016-candidate-should-use-against-hillary</a><br /><br />Why on earth do people think HRC would make a good president? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/030/994/qrc/GettyImages-473979902_1.jpg?1449166960"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://theweek.com/articles/591387/blindingly-obvious-political-attack-that-every-2016-candidate-should-use-against-hillary">The blindingly obvious political attack that every 2016 candidate should use against Hillary</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">ISIS now has a foothold a stone&#39;s throw from Italy. Will no one hold Hillary accountable?</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-12-03T13:22:40-05:00 Capt Walter Miller 1147912

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Just 350 miles from the tiny European member state Malta, ISIS has set up a colony in Surt, Libya. This Libyan outpost is now receiving veteran fighters and administrators from the burgeoning theocratic blob that has spread across Syria and Iraq. It is from this redoubt in Surt that the Islamic State can project power across North Africa, according to an in-depth report from The New York Times.<br /><br />Now that we've seen the Islamic State lash out on European soil, the prospect of them establishing a statelet 400 miles from Italy should give us pause. How did they get there? How was Surt made ready to be the Islamic State's caliphate away from the caliphate?<br /><br />Look no further than the woman most likely to become our next president, Hillary Clinton. Using American power to help overthrow Moammar Gadhafi's government was her signature idea as secretary of state. Surely, the Arab Spring rebels would handle the mop up. Alas, it didn't turn out that way.<br /><br />However, beyond a tut-tutting tweet from Jeb Bush, don't expect any of Clinton's 2016 rivals for high office to criticize her for it. The Republican Party is now congenitally unable to criticize the result of a war without promising to double — nay, Supersize — its awful consequences. And socialist hero Bernie Sanders is too busy beating on the billionaires to take much notice of violent extremism. His plan to stop the spread of terrorism is to cool the planet."<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://theweek.com/articles/591387/blindingly-obvious-political-attack-that-every-2016-candidate-should-use-against-hillary">http://theweek.com/articles/591387/blindingly-obvious-political-attack-that-every-2016-candidate-should-use-against-hillary</a><br /><br />Why on earth do people think HRC would make a good president? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/030/994/qrc/GettyImages-473979902_1.jpg?1449166960"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://theweek.com/articles/591387/blindingly-obvious-political-attack-that-every-2016-candidate-should-use-against-hillary">The blindingly obvious political attack that every 2016 candidate should use against Hillary</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">ISIS now has a foothold a stone&#39;s throw from Italy. Will no one hold Hillary accountable?</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

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2015-12-03T13:26:19-05:00 2015-12-03T13:26:19-05:00 Capt Mark Strobl 1148650

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="478331" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/478331-capt-walter-miller">Capt Walter Miller</a> - Can't say I always agree with you but, I certainly do here. Appreciate your perspective. Good article.

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