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Spec Ops are now on the ground in Uganda. Why is that is our national interest?Originally posted by pinstripersComment
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Why indeed. Any particular reason the President decided to drop this little nugget late in the afternoon on a Friday?
We're sending 100 combat ready and equipped advisors?Comment
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The story and talking points...
But I suspect this may also have a little bit to do with it...
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Do we have any idea WTF we are doing?
What's their mission?
Do any of these soldiers even speak the language?
Are these advisors or combat soldiers?
And most important, what is their EXTRACT plan?Comment
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This is a classic Special Forces (not special operation missions per say) mission. Think geo-economically especially as it relates to exploitation (not necessarily in a bad way) of natural resources and the benefits to our homegrown multi-national corporations. I know firsthand that we have had ODA's operating in the heart of the Dark Continent since the days of the John F. Kennedy. We often work closely with the French and their foreign contingent who have a strong presence in the region.
In Orbe Terrum Non Visi…“Losers Average Losers.” ― Paul Tudor JonesComment
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Can you elaborate?
I have no idea whether President Obama is right to send 100 U.S. troops to help Uganda and other African states (although I do question why there and why now and why not elsewhere – did they simply throw a dart at a map?) to battle the homicidal Lord’s Resistance Army and its maniacal leader, Joseph Kony. There is little doubt the Lord’s Resistance Army, which has been responsible for more atrocities than anyone can count, is the embodiment of evil. Whether it should be America’s role to stop this particular manifestation of evil is another question.
Again, I don’t know enough about the situation on the ground in central Africa to know whether the introduction of 100 American personnel will make a major difference and will allow the eradication of the Lord’s Resistance Army at low cost. What I do know is missions such as this one - which are the very definition of a “war of choice” - make a mockery of talk about reducing our troop commitments in line with declining resources and represent to me anyway, a very confusing foreign policy.
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