1. Seeking order in #Libya is not interventionism, it's self defense. Refugee smuggling staging point & world's tenth-largest oil reserves with a population 3/4 the size of NYC. But all it sees is war and misery.

Libya's is being manipulated by folks who want expensive oil.

2. Here's my pick.

Putin's out of cash. Without high oil prices he's facing political headwinds he's never felt. Higher oil prices is what Putin needs. We want him out of Venezuela, Syria & Ukraine? Squeeze Putin's cash by flooding the market at a time KSA is politically weak.

3. So what are the facts? General Hifter, is the #Benghazi warlord and an original member of the group of Socialist officers who staged a coup headed by the dashing Colonel Muammar Gaddafi with USSR support. While Tricky Dick was up to his neck in SE Asia

4. the Russians moved in a picked a Mediterranean plum. IMO Putin's putting the band back together.

Egypt ( @AlsisiOfficial ) should move a force towards #Benghazi. That will give an old Generalissimo like Hilfer a case of heartburn.

Then we need to get some assets in play.

5. @POTUS Deploy a carrier battle group & amphibious group to the Med. One offshore of #Venezuela too. @WHNSC @USNavyEurope @USAfricaCommand @CENTCOM @DefenseIntel @StateDept @APDiploWriter .

6. Putin is over-extended. Now's the time to call one of his hands.

And, for the record, @NATO and other regional alliances are not obsolete. The UN Security Counsel with a rogue state permanent member like #Russia is. @CIA @DIA @SecPompeo