CNN: Gen. Dunford wants 'decisive military action' against ISIS in Libya
Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's top military adviser has begun to talk openly about stepped-up U.S. military action against ISIS in Libya as the terror group expands its operations in the North African country.
The U.S. wants to "take decisive military action" to "check" ISIS in Libya, while still supporting the political process to form a functioning government, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters while traveling in Europe.
U.S. military reconnaissance flights over Libya and covert intelligence-gathering missions are now focusing sharply on tracking and locating ISIS's growing presence in that country, according to a senior defense official.
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Update #1: US military maintains decisive action needed against IS in Libya -- Defense Web/Reuters
Update #2: US Chief Of Staff Calls For Decisive Military Action Against Islamic State In Libya As First Foreign Soldiers Arrive In The Country -- Western Journalism
Update #3: Opening a New Front Against ISIS in Libya -- New York Times editorial
WNU Editor: The problem in Libya is that there is no unity government .... no one to really work with to put the country back together .... Libya's recognized parliament rejects U.N.-backed unity government (Reuters). And while there is hope that a unity government will be formed .... New Libya unity govt to be proposed within 10 days: official (Al Arabiya), any Western military intervention will still entail a lot of soldiers, enormous resources, and a long term commitment that will last for years if not decades.