Simon Tisdall, foreign affairs expert at The Guardian for over forty years, has a scary headline for you today; "The West ignores the growth of Islamic insurgents in Africa at its peril."
The article contains a single passing reference to Libya; "Sudan and Chad, both negatively affected by the Libyan war, are particularly vulnerable."
Huh? There's a war in Libya? I thought Libya was a thriving democracy after we got rid of their evil dictator for them... what went wrong?
Here's a clue; Gaddafi warned Blair his ouster would 'open door' to jihadis.
Nine years later, it's safe to say Gaddafi was right and we were wrong. Not only did we destroy the most prosperous society in all of Africa, we're now scratching our heads wondering what to do about the jihadist hordes free-ranging across Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
And lest you think this disgraceful state of affairs has nothing to do with Canada, remember that almost a thousand brave men and women in Canadian Forces uniforms got medals for their contribution to this fiasco.
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