Russia deploying forces in Libya, Egypt... how will Trump respond?

[ApatheticAustrian]

If campaign Trump was real = he is going to approve

If not...he is going to understand that this is another hard strike against US interests and a final nail against the new Libyan consensus.

[ApatheticAustrian]

One question - Libya's and Egypt's goverments adopted this deployment??? If so - what questions may be???

libya's what?

[ApatheticAustrian]

One question - Libya's and Egypt's goverments adopted this deployment??? If so - what questions may be???

libya's what?

Whatever is recognized as Libyan government by UN..

since haftar is more or less the biggest enemy of tripolis, this would surprise me.

[ApatheticAustrian]

2 things.

1) as i pointed out, while egypt would be totally able to do so, it is questionable if tripolis of all powers would invite the russians, which are of a mind to support haftar who is after all, since the destruction of libyan ISIS, Tripolis' biggest foe.

2) both the egyptians and the russians are denying there are any russians - official or mercenaries - inside of egypt or libya.

same story as last year? same story as every year.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Don't forget - i am of Russian origin and right now - live in Russia (because of family reasons). I will answer in one phrase: we are not REALLY an enemies of the US, but if you want us to be one - we will oblige.

the russian people are never ever an enemy of anyone but the russian government is an enemy of the european way of life and pushes hard against liberalism in the classical and the modern way.

[ApatheticAustrian]

That's true. But right now that government has a support of majority of "common russian people" (the people like me are rather an exception, not the rule). This is a sad fact, but it's a fact. And it's not a thing that could be (or will be) corrected in one day.

Can't argue with that, good sir.

Well, i was more optimistic when medwedew was "playing" the president....words can be very powerful...and i am going to be more optimistic again when Mister Putin is gone.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Russia is not an enemy nation, and the U.S. is not the undisputed sovereign monarch of the world. Give it a rest, folks.

i feel pretty safe about my separation of russian inhabitants and its regime, when another actual russian moderate agrees with my assumption.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Have you checked out Putin's approval rating recently?

do so each month since many years...

what do you expect in times of war?

[ApatheticAustrian]

Did you know a dictator can have his numbers fudged?

he could, but he wouldn't.

in times of war and crisis, leaders are popular.

look for example - as a comparison - at putin's 2012 numbers.

[ApatheticAustrian]

won't happen as long as israel and are basically at war.