It’s early, yet, but it looks like the Algerian government screwed the pooch and went and got a bunch of Western oil/gas workers killed who were being held hostage by jihadists. And they didn’t even call Obama or Cameron to warn them they were going to launch a raid. Big mistake. If Obama has proven anything, he’s proven that you don’t take Americans hostage and get away with it while he’s in charge. But he was cut out of the loop, so he had no opportunity to organize a response. Europe is going to be even more pissed because this was a mainly English/Norwegian operation and most of the dead are going to be from those countries. I’m betting that the weapons used by the hostage-takers were seized when Gaddafi fell. I might have mentioned that that operation could have collateral effects that we wouldn’t like.
Carnage in Algeria
