The United States have announced plans to potentially invade Libya, citing the threat ISIS expanding into the North African nation as justification. Washington said that “decisive military action” is needed in order to wipe out ISIS militants in Libya. US General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the New York Times, “It’s fair to say that we’re looking to take decisive military action against [Daesh] in conjunction with the political process in Libya. The president has made clear that we have the authority to use military force“. Sputniknews.com reports: Together with its allies — Britain, France and Italy — the United States is looking to militarily intervene in yet another country under the pretext of “stemming the growth” of Daesh across North Africa and the Sub-Saharan countries, Reuters said. “So as I look at Libya, I look at Libya as an ISIL platform from which they can conduct malign activity across Africa,” Dunford said. Right now it isn’t clear yet when exactly a US military operation would start, but US reconnaissance flights and intelligence gathering indicate that a military intervention is bound to happen within “weeks,” according to Dunford. The problem with the upcoming military intervention is that the United States has yet to defeat Daesh and other extremist groups in Syria and Iraq. Without solving [...]