Critics have long questioned why violent intervention was necessary in Libya. Hillary Clinton’s recently published emails confirm that it was less about protecting the people from a dictator than about money, banking, and preventing African economic sovereignty.
The brief visit of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Libya in October 2011 was referred to by the media as a “victory lap.” “We came, we saw, he died!” she crowed in a CBS video interview on hearing of the capture and brutal murder of Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi.
But the victory lap, write Scott Shane and Jo Becker in the New York Times, was premature. Libya was relegated to the back burner by the State Department, “as the country dissolved into chaos, leading to a civil war that would destabilize the region, fueling the refugee crisis in Europe and allowing the Islamic State to establish a Libyan haven that the United States is now desperately trying to contain.” Continue reading →
I’m currently in Switzerland, after presentations on public banking in Reykjavik, Iceland; London, UK; Manchester, UK; and Cardiff, Wales. Very interesting and productive trip!
A February 13th seminar on public banking was sponsored by the Dawn Party in Reykjavik. Below is a youtube video of my power point followed by one by Wolfram Morales of the German Sparkassen group. (English begins at 12’35”.)
Iceland is a beautiful country with charming people. They face daunting challenges but have been bold in standing up to the banks, and the spirit is there for a true revolution in banking.
Ellen speaks with noted historian, economic researcher and journalist William Engdahl about his new book The Lost Hegemon and some backstory facts that belie popular news story narratives. We also revisit another powerful narrative deception in the form of the Trans Pacific Partnership, with anti-TPP activist Kevin Zeese. Listen to the archive here.
The world is undergoing a populist revival. From the revolt against austerity led by the Syriza Party in Greece and the Podemos Party in Spain, to Jeremy Corbyn’s surprise victory as Labour leader in the UK, to Donald Trump’s ascendancy in the Republican polls, to Bernie Sanders’ surprisingly strong challenge to Hillary Clinton – contenders with their fingers on the popular pulse are surging ahead of their establishment rivals.
Today’s populist revolt mimics an earlier one that reached its peak in the US in the 1890s. Then it was all about challenging Wall Street, reclaiming the government’s power to create money, curing rampant deflation with US Notes (Greenbacks) or silver coins (then considered the money of the people), nationalizing the banks, and establishing a central bank that actually responded to the will of the people. Continue reading →
Ellen joins her daughter Jamie Brown in interviewing Charles Eisenstein, a highly popular visionary re-thinker of the nature and future of economics. The author of “Sacred Economics,” Eisenstein shares insights into some of the core flaws in our economic thinking and helps us to see that we have the power and the responsibility to choose the priorities of the system we want. Co-host Walt McRee also speaks with Santa Fe public banking leader Nichoe Lichen of Banking on New Mexico, which saw the release this past week of a highly positive feasibility study supporting the creation of a new Santa Fe public bank. Listen here.
In a landmark infrastructure bill passed in December, Congress finally penetrated the Fed’s “independence” by tapping its reserves and bank dividends for infrastructure funding.
The bill was a start. But some experts, including Congressional candidate Tim Canova, say Congress should go further and authorize funds to be issued for infrastructure directly.
For at least a decade, think tanks, commissions and other stakeholders have fought to get Congress to address the staggering backlog of maintenance, upkeep and improvements required to bring the nation’s infrastructure into the 21st century. Countries with less in the way of assets have overtaken the US in innovation and efficiency, while our dysfunctional Congress has battled endlessly over the fiscal cliff, tax reform, entitlement reform, and deficit reduction. Continue reading →
Ellen speaks with noted author and co-Founder of the Labor Institute, Les Leopold, about how the market mechanics of inequality have succeeded over the past 40 years and what we can do collectively to bring about real change. She also discusses her latest article about the looming crisis that could be triggered by the new practice of bailing-in depositor money to save failing banks. And Matt Stannard delivers some words about money from the mouths of historical figures. Listen to the archive here.
While the mainstream media focus on ISIS extremists, a threat that has gone virtually unreported is that your life savings could be wiped out in a massive derivatives collapse. Bank bail-ins have begun in Europe, and the infrastructure is in place in the US. Poverty also kills.
At the end of November, an Italian pensioner hanged himself after his entire €100,000 savings were confiscated in a bank “rescue” scheme. He left a suicide note blaming the bank, where he had been a customer for 50 years and had invested in bank-issued bonds. But he might better have blamed the EU and the G20’s Financial Stability Board, which have imposed an “Orderly Resolution” regime that keeps insolvent banks afloat by confiscating the savings of investors and depositors. Some 130,000 shareholders and junior bond holders suffered losses in the “rescue.” Continue reading →
Global developments in finance and geopolitics are prompting a rethinking of the structure of banking and of the nature of money itself. Among other interesting news items:
In Russia, vulnerability to Western sanctions has led to proposals for a banking system that is not only independent of the West but is based on different design principles.
In Iceland, the booms and busts culminating in the banking crisis of 2008-09 have prompted lawmakers to consider a plan to remove the power to create money from private banks.
In Ireland, Iceland and the UK, a recession-induced shortage of local credit has prompted proposals for a system of public interest banks on the model of the Sparkassen of Germany.
In Ecuador, the central bank is responding to a shortage of US dollars (the official Ecuadorian currency) by issuing digital dollars through accounts to which everyone has access, effectively making it a bank of the people.
Among other items of interest on “It’s Our Money” this week, Ellen interviews Independent presidential candidate Scott Smith, who has a clever plan for eliminating austerity, income taxes and the federal debt without creating inflation. Archived here.
Ellen speaks with co-host Walt McRee about negative interest and the war on cash, then talks with renowned futurist Hazel Henderson about how far afield economics has gone from its practical obligations to serve the public interest. Matt Stannard rounds out this week’s program on “It’s Our Money,” archived here.
In uncertain times, “cash is king,” but central bankers are systematically moving to eliminate that option. Is it really about stimulating the economy? Or is there some deeper, darker threat afoot?
Remember those old ads showing a senior couple lounging on a warm beach, captioned “Let your money work for you”? Or the scene in Mary Poppins where young Michael is being advised to put his tuppence in the bank, so that it can compound into “all manner of private enterprise,” including “bonds, chattels, dividends, shares, shipyards, amalgamations . . . .”?
That may still work if you’re a Wall Street banker, but if you’re an ordinary saver with your money in the bank, you may soon be paying the bank to hold your funds rather than the reverse. Continue reading →
Here is a power point I gave last night at an American Freedom Alliance event in Los Angeles on whether the federal debt can be repaid (yes), how it can be repaid (by simply issuing the money), and why that would stimulate the economy without leading to hyperinflation. Ellen
On November 11th on “It’s Our Money,” Ellen spoke with Bill Still on how to pay off the national debt; and Walt spoke with Dr. Margaret Flowers on ominous developments involving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Listen to the archive here.
The Still interview was prelude to an American Freedom Alliance event on November 17th at 7:30 pm at the Luxe Sunset Blvd Hotel in Los Angeles, at which Ellen and Bill will be addressing the topical question —
“Can the National Debt Be Paid Down and If So, Who Will Pay It?”
Also now in the PRN archives is the enlightening October 28th interview of UK Prof. Thomas Marois on public banking developments around the world. Listen here.
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.
— Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1935
On November 3rd, the US government will again run out of money due to a debt ceiling artificially imposed by Congress. This is the third time in four years that a radical faction has taken the country to the brink of default to extort concessions that are at best only marginally related to the budget.
The debt ceiling is an unconstitutional gimmick that violates the 14th amendment, which says the validity of the government’s debt shall not be questioned. The debt was incurred by Congress when it passed the budget, and the money has been borrowed and spent. Congress cannot now refuse to pay.
One good gimmick deserves another. The debt ceiling could be eliminated for good, by restoring to the government its constitutional authority to create money. Article 1, Section 8, provides: “The Congress shall have the power to coin money [and] regulate the value thereof . . . .” The president could pay the government’s bills by issuing some large denomination coins by executive order. Continue reading →
The Dodd-Frank regulations are so lethal to community banks that some say the intent was to force them to sell out to the megabanks. Community banks are rapidly disappearing — except in North Dakota, where they are thriving.
At over 2,300 pages, the Dodd Frank Act is the longest and most complicated bill ever passed by the US legislature. It was supposed to end “too big to fail” and “bailouts,” and to “promote financial stability.” But Dodd-Frank’s “orderly liquidation authority” has replaced bailouts with bail-ins, meaning that in the event of insolvency, big banks are to recapitalize themselves with the savings of their creditors and depositors. The banks deemed too big are more than 30% bigger than before the Act was passed in 2010, and 80% bigger than before the banking crisis of 2008. The six largest US financial institutions now have assets of some $10 trillion, amounting to almost 60% of GDP; and they control nearly 50% of all bank deposits.
Meanwhile, their smaller competitors are struggling to survive. Community banks and credit unions are disappearing at the rate of one a day. Access to local banking services is disappearing along with them. Small and medium-size businesses – the ones that hire two-thirds of new employees – are having trouble getting loans; students are struggling with sky-high interest rates; homeowners have been replaced by hedge funds acting as absentee landlords; and bank fees are up, increasing the rolls of the unbanked and underbanked, and driving them into the predatory arms of payday lenders. Continue reading →
Nature limits all systems — nothing grows forever. Economic systems built around growth, like ours, are no different. Ellen revisits that topic with biomimicry expert Jamie Brown-Hansen about what nature teaches regarding sustainable economic systems that last for eras rather than just decades. The theme is picked up by Bernie Sanders as he reflects on the precarious nature of our national economy, while Matt Stannard considers what’s not being addressed on the topic by the presidential candidates. And co-host Walt McRee talks with New Hampshire State Representative Valerie Fraser about the movement underway there to create a public State bank.
The debt-money regime seems to have run its course. Happily, alternatives are being explored in the form of outright free public issue of money directly to the people — “QE for the People.” On “It’s Our Money,” we look at several dimensions of these ideas. Ellen speaks with noted UK professor and author Mary Mellor about the democratization of money and financial systems. Co-host Walt McRee discusses the current Bretton Woods IV Convocation which is focusing on the vital need for reclaiming public control of money, and on the Public Banking Report Matt Stannard takes a look at the morality of money.
Mary at a Sept 2015 workshop in Berlin with event hosts Michel Bauwens and David Bollier. The event was sponsored by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and wascalled “Deep Dive: Capital for the Commons.”
927. Sept. 27, presenter on public banking, Ralph Nader event, "Breaking Through Power," Carnegie Institute, Washington DC
926. Sept. 24, interview with Ralph Nader, The Ralph Nader Radio Hour, Pacifica Radio Network, ralphnaderradiohour.com; also noon, PST on KPFK, listen online here.
925. Sept. 14, "It's Our Money" on PRN, http://itsourmoney.podbean.com/
924. Aug. 25, interview with Richard C. Hoagland on The Other Side of Midnight, www.theothersideofmidnight.com, 12 a.m.-2 a.m Pacific
923. Aug. 25, interview with Fred Smart, www.aunetwork.tv, 9 pm Eastern
922. Aug. 17, "It's Our Money" on PRN, http://itsourmoney.podbean.com/
921. Aug. 16, interview with Gregg Hunter, USAWatchdog.com, 11:30 a.m. Eastern time
920. Aug. 9, interview with Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini on Corporations and Democracy, KZYX, Mendocino, CA, 1:30 pm Pacific
919. June 24, interview with Gordon Long, gordontlong.com, 9 a.m., PDT
918. May 25, interview with Phil Watt, "The Conscious Society" Youtube channel, 6 pm, pst
917. May 19, interview with Brian Greenberg, WNJC, Philadelphia, 5 pm EDT
916. April 26, interview with Jay Taylor, VoiceAmerica, 3:30 pm Pacific time
915. April 12, interview, The Gary Null Show, 4 pm Pacific
914. April 7, speaker, 11th annual Sustainability Enterprise Conference (SEC), Sonoma, CA
913. Interview with Dennis Bernstein, Flashpoints, KPFA, Berkley. Listen to archive here.
912. March 22, interview with Jay Taylor, VoiceAmerica, 12:25 Pacific time. Listen to archive here.
911. March 22, interview with Tom Kiely, INN World Report, 3 pm PDT
910. March 22, interview with Martin and Lois Griffiths, Earthwise, NZ Community Radio, Christchurch, NZ 2 pm PDT Listen to podcast here.
909. March 21, interview with Paul J. Malikowski, KCKQ 1180. Reno, NV, 2 pm PDT
908. March 18, interview with Kevin Barrett, http://truthjihadradio.blogspot.com/, 5 pm PDT
907. March 18, interview with John Wells, http://caravantomidnight.com/radio/, 11 am Central
906. March 17, interview with John Loeffler, Steel on Steel radio show (steelonsteel.com), 10 a.m. PDT (pre-recorded)
905. March 17, interview with
Dennis Tubbergen, host of “The Everything Financial Radio Program”, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Pacific time
904. March 1, interview with Brian Greenberg, WNJC, Philadelphia, 5:25 PDT
903. March 14, Interview with Jim Hogue, http://www.wgdr.org/house-at-pooh-corner/, WGDR, Plainfield, VT, 7 a.m. PST
902. March 14, interview on The Moneywise Guys, KERN-FM 96.1, Bakersfield, CA, 11:00 a.m., PST
901. March 10, interview on The Bev Smith Show, http://tunein.com/radio/The-Bev-Smith-Show-p49679/, Atlanta Georgia. 7:15 pm EDT
900. Wed., Feb. 24, public banking presentation in Cardiff, Wales. Get info and tickets here.
898. Feb. 18, interview with Richie Allen, Manchester, England, http://richieallenshow.com/. Fab Radio 2, TRE, ACR. Also live-streamed on davidicke.com. 9 pm GMT
Listen here.
897. Wed., Feb. 17, presentation on public banking at Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London, 1 pm
896. Feb 13, public banking presentation in Reykjavík, Iceland http://nordichouse.is/is/event/fundur-um-samfelagsbanka-streymi/
895. Mon., Feb. 8, interview, MaxKeiser.com, London
894. Feb. 4, interview with Dennis Tubbergen, The Everything Financial Radio Program, 10:30 EST
892. Feb. 2, interview with Dr. Carlos Vasquez, Circle of Insight, 1-2 pm pst.
891. Feb. 1, interview with Don Rosen, WBEL Radio, 1-2 pm est.
890. Jan. 30, RealNewsNetwork interview with Jessica Devereaux
889. Jan. 29, interview with Cary Harrison (pre-recorded), GoHarrison.com, prn.fm.
888. Jan. 28, interview with Warner Lewis, Lewis at Large, KLWN-AM, Lawrence, KS, 3 pm Central.
887. Jan. 28, Parallel University Radio, www.kaosradio.org, 12-12:30 pst.
886. Jan. 27, interview with Mark Maxwell, WHDT World News, WHDT.NET, Boston/Miami. 3 pm ET
885. Jan. 27, interview with Chris Andreae on KBOO Community Radio, OR, 10 am
884. Jan. 26, interview with Jay Taylor, VoiceAmerica, 12:30 pm PST. Archived here.
883. Jan. 21, RealNews.com interview joining Bill Black, here.
882. Jan. 20, "It's Our Money", interview with Charles Eisenstein, 3 pm est.
881. Jan. 19, interview with Tom Kiely, INN World Report, 5:30 pm PDT
880. Jan 10, interview with Frank Morano, AM 970 The Answer, New York City, 4 a.m.--7:30 a.m. ET
879. Jan. 8, Conversations With Great Minds interview with Thom Hartmann on his national TV program, The Big Picture, 4:30 pm PST
878. Jan 6, Interview with Les Leopold on "It's Our Money", http://prn.fm/, noon PST
877. Jan. 5, interview with Gregg Hunter, USAWatchdog.com, 9 :30 a.m. Pacific time. Watch the archive here.
--2015--
876. Dec. 30, interview with George Noory, Coast to Coast AM, 10 pm PST
875. Dec. 19, interview with Tom Allen, This Week in Money. Listen to archive here.
874. Dec. 17, interview with Tom Kiely, INN World Report, 4:30 pm PDT
873. Dec. 9,
Ellen interviews Independent Presidential Candidate Scott Smith on "It's Our Money," 3 pm EST, prn.fm.
872. Dec. 5, interview with Tom Quinn, “Perspectives,” KSCO 1080AM Santa Cruz, 12-1 pm PST.
871. Nov. 30, interview with Kevin Zeese JD and Margaret Flowers MD, Clearing the FOG on We Act Radio, 1480 AM Washington, DC, 11 a.m. Eastern
870. Nov. 29, book signing event, Los Angeles, 7:30 pm, info here.
869. Nov. 22 interview with Chris Moor, KDKA radio, Pittsburgh, 4 pm Eastern
868. Nov. 17, presentation and panel with Bill Still, "Can the National Debt Be Paid?", American Freedom Alliance, Luxe Sunset Blvd Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, 7:30 pm.
http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org/
867. Nov. 11, Ellen interviews Bill Still on "It's Our Money." 3 pm, Eastern. Listen here.
866. Nov. 11, interview with Fred Smart, www.aunetwork.tv, 8 pm, CDT
865. Oct. 31, interview, Tom Allen, This Week in Money. Listen to archive here.
864. Oct. 28, interview with Mike Manciel "Rethinking the Dollar," Listen to the archive here.
863. Oct. 28, Interview with Jim Goddard, the Goddard Report.
862. Oct. 28, "It's Our Money" with Dr. Thomas Marois. Listen to the archive here.
861. Oct. 27, interview, The Gary Nolan Show, 11:35 CT
860. Oct. 14, Ellen interviews Jamie Brown on "It's Our Money." Listen to the archive here.
859. Oct. 14, interview with Robert Stark, Valley Talk Live, centralvalleytalk.com, Fresno, 8 pm Pacific. Listen to archive here.
858. October 6, Bretton Woods IV Convocation, Mt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, NH /
http://brettonwoodsiv.org/
857. Sept. 30, Ellen interviews Mary Mellor on "It's Our Money.": listen live here and to the archive here.
856. Oct. 2-4, conference speaker, Binzagre Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Columbus, Ohio
855. Sept 8-10, Deep Dive Workshop: "Capital for the Commons," Berlin, Germany,hosted by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin.
854. July 29, interview, Latin Waves with Sylvia Richardson, 7:30 pm PST
853. July 23, interview with Tom Kiely, INN World Report, 4:30 pm PDT
852. July 22, interview with Robert Stark, Valley Talk Live, centralvalleytalk.com, Fresno, 4 pm Pacific.
851. July 21, interview with Sinclair Noe, Financial Review, moneyradio.com 11 a.m. PDT
850. July 7, interview on The Bev Smith Show, http://tunein.com/radio/The-Bev-Smith-Show-p49679/, Atlanta Georgia. 7:15 pm EDT
849. July 4, interview with David Bolduc on the Joe Whitehead show, WGUF, Naples, FL. 8:30 a.m. PDT
848. June 28, presenter, Elizabeth Warren-People Demanding Action-National TPP Coalition Call, 4:30 pm Pacific
847. June 24, interview with Gregg Hunter, USAWatchdog.com, 8 :30 a.m. Pacific time.
846. June 24, interview , This Week In Money with Phil Mackesy (howestreet.com), 1 pm PDT
845. June 23, It's Our Money with Ellen Brown. Listen to archive here: http://itsourmoney.podbean.com/
844. June 20, interview with Craig Barnes, KSFR 101.1 FM, Santa Fe, 8:00 a.m. PST
843. June 6, interview on The Dougherty Report with Elizabeth Dougherty, 10 a.m. PT
842. June 4-7, conference speaker, Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization, Claremont, CA. Information at http://www.pandopopulus.com/conference/
841. May 23, The Dougherty Report with Elizabeth Dougherty, Genesis Communications Network--check for time
840. May 27, interview the Larry Friis, Freedoms Voice Radio, Sandy City, Utah, 10 a.m., PT
839. May 22nd, interview with Gordon Long, gordontlong.com, 2 pm, PDT archive: http://www.gordontlong.com/Financial_Repression.htm or https://youtu.be/8no7wzmp0g8
838. May 22nd, interview, Shattered Reality with Kate Valentine and Fahrusha, https://shatteredrealitypodcast.wordpress.com/. 12 noon EDT.
837. May. 21, interview with Patrick Timpone, oneradionetwork.com, 8 a.m. PDT
836. May 13, interview with Joyce Riley on The Power Hour (thepowerhour.com), 9 a.m. CT
835. May 7, interview with Robert Stark, Valley Talk Live, centralvalleytalk.com, Fresno, 4 pm Pacific. Here's a link to the archive.
834. May 6, listen to Ellen radio show, IT'S OUR MONEY, on PRN, 12 noon Pacific
833. May 4, interview with GEORGE NOORY, COAST TO COAST AM RADIO, 10-12pm, Pacific Time
832. May 3, interview with Christopher Moore, KDKA radio, Pittsburgh, 4 pm Eastern
831. April 29, interview, The Gary Null Show, 9:30 a.m. Pacific
830. April 23, interview with Jim Goddard, the Goddard Report.
829. April 22, interview with John Loeffler, Steel on Steel radio show (steelonsteel.com), 10 a.m. PST
829. April 16, Speaker, San Diego State University, open forum debate on "The Crisis of American Democracy," 5-7 pm. Here's a link.
828. April 14, interview with Gregg Hunter, USAWatchdog.com, 8 :30 a.m. Pacific time.
827. April 7, interview with Sam Seder, Ring of Fire Radio, 11:30 a.m., PST
826. March 31, Tom Kiely, INN World Report, 5:30 pm pst
825. March 26, Interview, Mike Norman Economics. Listen to archive here .
824. March 25, It’s Our Money with Ellen Brown – World Water Wars http://prn.fm/world-water-wars-03-25-15/. Archived shows available in same place.
823. March 17, interview with Joyce Riley on The Power Hour (thepowerhour.com), 7 a.m. PST
822. March 11, Interview on the Global Research News Hour with Michael Welch, Listen to archive here .
821. March 5, The Liberty Beacon with Roger Landry, audio interview, includes videos. Listen here .
820. Feb 28, interview with Sam Seder on Ring of Fire Radio, http://www.ringoffireradio.com/
Ellen speaks with noted historian, economic researcher and journalist William Engdahl about his new book The Lost Hegemon and some backstory facts that belie popular news story narratives. We also revisit another powerful narrative deception in the form of the Trans Pacific Partnership, with anti-TPP activist Kevin Zeese. Listen to the archive 
Ellen joins her daughter Jamie Brown in interviewing Charles Eisenstein, a highly popular visionary re-thinker of the nature and future of economics. The author of “Sacred Economics,” Eisenstein shares insights into some of the core flaws in our economic thinking and helps us to see that we have the power and the responsibility to choose the priorities of the system we want. Co-host Walt McRee also speaks with Santa Fe public banking leader Nichoe Lichen of Banking on New Mexico, which saw the release this past week of a highly positive feasibility study supporting the creation of a new Santa Fe public bank. Listen 
Ellen speaks with noted author and co-Founder of the Labor Institute, Les Leopold, about how the market mechanics of inequality have succeeded over the past 40 years and what we can do collectively to bring about real change. She also discusses her latest article about the looming crisis that could be triggered by the new practice of bailing-in depositor money to save failing banks. And Matt Stannard delivers some words about money from the mouths of historical figures. Listen to the archive 
Among other items of interest on “It’s Our Money” this week, Ellen interviews Independent presidential candidate Scott Smith, who has a clever plan for eliminating austerity, income taxes and the federal debt without creating inflation. Archived 
bout negative interest and the war on cash, then talks with renowned futurist Hazel Henderson about how far afield economics has gone from its practical obligations to serve the public interest. Matt Stannard rounds out this week’s program on “It’s Our Money,” archived 
Exposing the Libyan Agenda: A Closer Look at Hillary’s Emails
Critics have long questioned why violent intervention was necessary in Libya. Hillary Clinton’s recently published emails confirm that it was less about protecting the people from a dictator than about money, banking, and preventing African economic sovereignty.
The brief visit of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Libya in October 2011 was referred to by the media as a “victory lap.” “We came, we saw, he died!” she crowed in a CBS video interview on hearing of the capture and brutal murder of Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi.
But the victory lap, write Scott Shane and Jo Becker in the New York Times, was premature. Libya was relegated to the back burner by the State Department, “as the country dissolved into chaos, leading to a civil war that would destabilize the region, fueling the refugee crisis in Europe and allowing the Islamic State to establish a Libyan haven that the United States is now desperately trying to contain.” Continue reading →
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