Could it be that Trump wants Haftar to capture or kill al-Baghdadi, a man compared to Bin Laden? The consequence of Trump emboldening Haftar actually also creates the potential environment for a relatively bloodless takeover of Tripoli. In The Guardian, they encapsulate their opinion by their heading ‘No coherent policy: Trump’s scattergun approach plunges Libya deeper into peril’ published April 30. But Haftar, with the East Libyan Parliament, could change its mind if Trump’s US ‘dilly-dallys’ over its support for East Libya and Haftar. Richard Galustian is a political and security advisor based in MENA countries for nearly 40 years.

Source: Libya Today May 24, 2019 04:52 UTC