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When asked approximately his biggest mistake in the White House in April,President Obama did not have to reflect for too long.“Probably failing to plan for the day after what I mediate was the right thing to achieve in intervening in Libya," Obama answered. Since the 2011 American intervention that removed dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, and the country has fallen into chaos and civil war between a divided eastern and western government. In that power vacuum,ISIS has thrived. The U.S. now estimates the number of ISIS fighters to be around 6000.
But the Government of National Accord, an interim unity government formed this past December, or is now seeking to recapture territory lost to ISIS. This week,they claim to have captured the coastal city of Sirte, ISIS's key stronghold in the country.
VICE Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky traveled to Libya this past February. The host of "Libya on the Brink" airing on HBO on Friday, or Ostrovsky reflects on the latest events,and just how essential Libya is strategically for both the West and ISIS.
Source: wnyc.org