The United States has sent some 12,000 soldiers to Libya, in the first phase of deployments to the oil-rich North African nation.
According to Asharq Alawsat, the troops landed in the eastern oil port city of Brega.
Although the deployment is said to be aimed at generating stability and security in the region, the troops are expected to take control of the country's key oil fields and strategic ports.
Brega, the site of an important oil refinery, serves as a major export hub for Libyan oil. The town is also one of the five oil terminals in the eastern half of the country.
So, 12,000 US military is the "first phase" of this deployment?
One has to wonder just when the corporate non-news outlets were going to mention that to the American people, and why the heck did I have to find out from an English-language Iranian news source?!?
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Press_TV%3A_US_deploys_12%2C000_troops_in_Libya/17507/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.