Wag the Dog! Wag the Dog!

Peeking in at the national scene, President Sparklefarts is readying a strike in Libya or surrounding countries:

• The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the Al Qaeda-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya.
  
  But officials say the administration, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on Al Qaeda is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group's profile in the region, alienate governments the U.S. needs to fight it in the future and do little to slow the growing terror threat in North Africa.
  
  Details on the administration's position and on its search for a possible target were provided by three current and one former administration official, as well as an analyst who was approached by the White House for help. All four spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the high-level debates publicly.

Funny how they've been silent about the slaughter of the Ambassador to Libya, lying that it was a "reaction" to a YouTube video instead of a terrorist attack, but now it's all about showing the Middle East we mean business.

Thoughts and prayers to all of our military serving overseas.