BREAKING: Benghazi 2.0?

The Obama administration hasn't learned a damn thing. Their latest foreign policy debacle? Shipping arms to the Libyan "unity" government. Per Townhall:

The new Libyan government has only been in power for six weeks, but on Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry signaled the U.S. is ready to help train and armits forces in the fight against ISIS.

Speaking in Vienna, Kerry urged the international community to support the new unity government, which he said was “the only legitimate one in Libya and which must now start to work.”

Part of this support would also mean backing the new government’s efforts to secure an exemption from a United Nations arms embargo.

The fledgling government, which arrived by boat from neighboring Tunisia on March 31, “is the only entity that can unify the country,” Kerry said. "It is the only way to generate the cohesion necessary to defeat" Islamic State.

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Serraj, who appeared with Kerry, said he welcomed the support. […]

The oil-rich country has faced political chaos and violence since the NATO bombing campaign helped rebels oust and kill longtime ruler Moammar Kadafi in 2011. It remains beset by armed militias, as well as Islamic State, and until recently had two rival governments.

Kerry announced the joint decision after diplomats from more than 20 countries, including the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, met to discuss the growing extremist threat in Libya.

The U.N. sanctions committee must approve an exemption to the arms embargo, but that is now all but assured.

Kerry said the international community must find a “delicate balance” to prevent arms from falling into enemy hands.

Many conservatives, most notably Rand Paul and Donald Trump, have questioned the wisdom of providing American weapons to unstable Middle Eastern groups that have no clear purpose or stability, warning that they're likely to end up in the hands of America's enemies. So what about the Libyan "Unity" government. It's a mess. As Voice of America notes:

Stabilizing Libya is an urgent goal for the West as it tries to combat IS more effectively and counter the smuggling of migrants to Europe.

The unity government, installed in March, was meant to be a first step in bringing order to a country that has known little since Gadhafi’s ouster. Western officials have placed hope in war fatigue, the allure of foreign aid and development money, and the growing threat of IS to build popular momentum for the unity government.

But in large parts of Libya, questions remain about the GNA’s legitimacy.

Under the U.N. negotiated deal, the GNA is meant to be sharing power with two rivals: the east’s National Salvation Government, an arm of the House of Representatives (HoR); and the rump of the General National Congress, which refused to stand aside after Libyans voted for the HoR to replace it as the country’s legislature in 2014.

But the GNA has struggled to consolidate its position in the Libyan capital, let alone expand its authority to the rest of the country. It remains dependent on the support of powerful western militias, whose loyalty remains suspect and who may be biding their time to see how the unity government fares.

In short, the Libyan government appears to be built on the hopes and dreams of the United Nations, a fickle coalition of groups without a common interest and dubious loyalties.

Sounds like another nightmare.

Source: AAN