Obama Deploys 100 U.S. Combat Troops to Aid Africa Anti-Insurgency
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he’s dispatching roughly 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to help battle the Lord’s Resistance Army, which the administration accuses of a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping children that spans two decades.
In a letter to Congress, Obama said the troops will act as advisers in efforts to hunt down rebel leader Joseph Kony but will not engage in combat except in self-defense.
Pentagon officials said the bulk of the U.S. contingent will be special operations troops, who will provide security and combat training to African units.
The White House said the first troops arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. Ultimately, they’ll also deploy in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Long considered one of Africa’s most brutal rebel groups, the Lord’s Resistance Army began its attacks in Uganda more than 20 years ago but has been pushing westward.
The administration and human rights groups say its atrocities have left thousands dead and have put as many as 300,000 Africans to flight. They have charged the group with seizing children to bolster its ranks of soldiers and sometimes forcing them to become sex slaves.
Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court under a 2005 warrant for crimes against humanity in his native Uganda.
Obama’s announcement came in low-key fashion — a letter to House Speaker John Boehner in which he said the deployment “furthers U.S. national security interests and foreign policy and will be a significant contribution toward counter-LRA efforts in central Africa.”
The deployment drew support from Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., who has visited the region.
“I have witnessed firsthand the devastation caused by the LRA, and this will help end Kony’s heinous acts that have created a human rights crisis in Africa,” he said in a statement. “I have been fervently involved in trying to prevent further abductions and murders of Ugandan children, and today’s action offers hope that the end of the LRA is in sight.”
But Obama’s letter stressed the limited nature of the deployment.
“Our forces will provide information, advice and assistance to select partner nation forces,” it said. “Although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will … not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense.”
Most of the troops will deploy to regional capitals to work with government officials and military commanders on countering the rebels and protecting civilians, Pentagon officials said.
State Department officials portrayed the deployment as part of a larger strategy to combat the group that dates to the Bush administration but also includes legislation passed by Congress this year.
Victoria Nuland, a department spokeswoman, said the U.S. troops will aid in “pursuing the LRA and seeking to bring top commanders to justice.” The broader effort includes encouraging rebel fighters to defect, disarm and return to their homes, she said.
The administration briefed human rights activists ahead of the announcement, and their officials were encouraged.
“These advisers can make a positive difference on the ground by keeping civilians safe and improving military operations to apprehend the LRA’s top commanders,” said Paul Ronan, director of the group Advocacy at Resolve.
Col. Felix Kulayigye, Uganda’s military spokesman, said of the troops: “We are aware that they are coming. We are happy about it. We look forward to working with them and eliminating Kony and his fighters.”
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Comments (288)
kickagrandma
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:34pmNo, your hinie, we won’t go!
The USA has no “commander in chief”, therefore these men and women do not have to obey orders from the imposter.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:40pmI wonder how long it will be until either Obama or someone on his staff sells them out as well; and we have another massacer on our hands…
Report Post »nohussein
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:42pmNope, “commie in chief”.
Report Post »aafriend
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:55pmHey wait a minute, just saw on another site, 3000 dead from Syrian dictator, whats up with that. What about Iran didn’t they just threaten war on the united states. does Obama know something we don’t, is cleaning that part of the world up before he gets booted from office. ahhh i see payback the promise.
He will not do anything to Iran or Syria or anywhere else just in case he doesn’t get re elected, that way it can be a republican problem. by the play book.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:00pmwhere do I sign up? Sounds to be more fun than what I am doing now.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:12pmLet me guess-these mass murderers and torturers are NOT muslims or we would have gone after them with drones. That we’re simply going to tell these terrorists to“ please put down your arms and stop torturing and murdering people and please go home” tells me that these are not muslims we wish to demonize and kill for being terrorists. Funny how these murders and atrocicites have been going on for decades and barely a peep from the media. tells me they’re not muslims doing the terrorism. now that south sudan is separated from muslim north sudan it would be embarassing to see south sudanese murdered not by “evil muslims” but by non muslims who as part of north sudan they were protected from. That’s my take on it.
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:14pmYou mean we’re not going in with a coalition of the willing UN members? Is it OK to do that now that a lib/progressive has occupied the White House? Cindy Sheehan we need you.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:19pmI was a little surprised when I took a close look at the picture. I would bet that some US Special Forces worked with or trained these fellows. They are holding AKs, and the selector switch is on “safe”. Generally developing nation soldiers have very poor weapons handling skills, and they run around with their AK on full auto. Negligent discharge was very common with some of the rag tag Iraqi forces. They would even shoot each other. Also noticed that none have finger on the trigger, something else that used to drive me crazy as an advisor in Iraq. Dudes running around with the AK on auto, finger on the trigger, and poor muzzle awarenes.
Good job who ever trained this bunch. Wish I could go do some hunting with them. Would sure beat power point.
Report Post »CottonMPG
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:26pmPutting our troops in harms way to be the world’s police where we have no real interest again!! Our military should be looking out for our interest not running around the world playing cop!!! I am NOT saying we shouldn’t help Israel, don’t misunderstand me. Israel is our best ally and the only real free democratic republic, well, in the world!! We can’t afford to let anything happen to them.I support Israel because it is the manifest symbol of God’s favor.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:43pmRemember the old saying “Make Love not War” well Barry is a firm believer in that after all he’s been F–king all of us since day 1.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:47pmPeople have been asking for help for the peoples of Sudan for many, many years, BUT, is it a coincidence that the same day we have a headline that sudan’s pres. says it will be an islamic country based on sharia law, Our potus announces sending Special Ops to sudan.
Report Post »WE ARE AT WAR WITH RADICAL ISLAM. THESE RADICALS HAVE BEEN QUARTERED IN SUDAN FOR YEARS, NOW WE’RE SENDING THE TROOPS WHO TOOK OUT bIN lADIN, TO THEIR HOMELANDS TO HELP THEM. 100 troops?….. Is this a way of disposing of our Special OP’s? ????
stang289
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:48pmJoseph Kony
Born: 18-Sep-1964
Birthplace: Atyak, Uganda
Gender: Male
Religion: Cult
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Criminal, Military, Religion
Nationality: Uganda
Executive summary: Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
Joseph Kony considers himself quite a good Christian, and he wants Uganda to be a Christian nation. So in 1987 he formed a resistance group called the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and the LRA has been at civil war against the Ugandan government ever since. If the LRA wins, Kony has promised that Uganda will become a theocracy, with laws based on the Biblical Ten Commandments.
Kony’s LRA has kidnapped an estimated 20,000 children for use as fighters or sex slaves. As part of their initiation, these children are often required to kill their own parents, so they’ll have no homes to return to. (It‘s not clear which of the Ten Commandments Kony’s strategy is based on.) Once kidnapped, children are used as pack mules, carrying LRA supplies until they are too weak to walk, at which time they’re killed or simply left to die. Kidnapped boys also serve as targets and decoys, sent to the front lines — unarmed — whenever the Ugandan Army engages the LRA. Kidnapped girls that Kony or his senior commanders find attractive become their “wives” (Kony is reputed to have 60). Troublesome captives have their noses, lips, and/or ears cut off, and are then made to eat their own flesh.
Kony and the Ugandan government
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:56pmUganda produced the brutal Idi Amin and now the even more savage Joseph Kony. Kony has raped, maimed and killed thousands of young children in Uganda. Much of his army is made up of kidnapped child soldiers. I think this monster needs to be erased and sent to his cell in hell ASAP. Problem is, there are always govt. officials protecting these animals. I pray this doesn’t end up being another Black Hawk Down scenario.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:57pmWhen he’s called a rebel leader and his followers are members of militias as oppossed to a terrorist leader of a terrorist organization you know the narrative of dehumanization is deliberately being avoided. hence we’re not dealing with muslims no matter how many people they tortured and murderded-this media and this government is not waging a genocidl propaganda campaign against these murderers. Not surprising these atrocities have been going on for yr.What’s a little torture and mass murder of men women and children if not done by muslims?Now that south sudan [a satellite of america] is in danger of being victimized by lo- and -behold -a NON Muslim terrorist group,america has to act to save itself and its satelitte from the embarassing fact that ithe south sudanese people were better off under the protection of those muslim fighters.from the north.The fact that the word terrorist never crosses the lips of those reporting this narrative of mass murderer and torturers says it all.
Report Post »cobra 86
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:04pmi just wonder who in wash is getting the biggest kick back…..
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:06pmAnd we were supposed to be out of the Middle East, when? According to what this president ran on. Oh, that’s right, he’s killing Christians, so it’s ok.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:20pm@kryptonite
Report Post »Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:56pm
Uganda produced the brutal Idi Amin and now the even more savage Joseph Kony. Kony has raped, maimed and killed thousands of young children in Uganda. Much of his army is made up of kidnapped child soldiers. I think this monster needs to be erased and sent to his cell in hell ASAP. Problem is, there are always govt. officials protecting these animals. I pray this doesn’t end up being another Black Hawk Down scenario
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In the past, I’ve written my Congressmen and signed petitions to send troops to sudan to stop the atrocities. MY PROBLEM IS THAT THIS potus DOES NOT HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TROOPS AT HEART, AND THE ROE’s WHICH HE SENDS TROOPS INTO BATTLE UNDER, CAN NOT TRULY WIN BATTLES OR PERMIT THE TROOPS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THOSE FIGHTING WITH THEM. Self defense is harder for our soldiers to prove than the average murderer on US streets. We need much more than 100 troops to do this and can’t do it when our troops are spread all across the globe!…..UNFORTUNATELY, I FEAR THERE MAY BE TOO MUCH POSSIBILITY THAT YOU ARE RIGHT!
ashestoashes
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:23pmKICKAGRANDMA ..that’s good…I’m still laughing.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:28pm@ROSE-ELLEN
Well, R.E., for once I agree with some of what you said (and read your comment). This piece of human waste is not a “rebel fighter.” He’s an effin terrorist. Moreover, it is true that Hussein doesn’t give a d@mn about the children. He’ll do anything for his friends.
We part ways on the usual Islamist apologia you post here regularly. Those Islamists in northern Sudan are also terrorists. In fact, Kony’s actions place him closer to the Taliban than to a Christian cult. Christian cults do evil, but they are not terrorists. This man is engaged in typical guerrilla-terrorist warfare.
Report Post »gracentruth
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:03pmAmen. My question is – why isn’t congress declaring war against Iran. then they can declare the 2008 election null and void, remove everything Barry has done, and we can get America back to a free enterprise capitalist country – one nation under God.
Report Post »Peace,
kryptonite
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:08pm@MIL MOM
Report Post »I agree. My heart is torn on this one. These children desperately need someone to come to their rescue, but Hussein is not looking out for our troops, so he will once again place them in harm’s way, with no regard for their safety. Dang! It’s always a no-win situation with the traitor-in-chief.
mils
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:25pmmore wars, more deployments…this man has no scruples..
we are allowing this to happen…I dont’ know who to call or what to say..or i would, it is wrong..we can look forward to another hell hole war and people killed.
advisers by butt, he’s setting us up
Report Post »stablepar
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:25pm6 wars now?
Report Post »mils
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:29pmwhy have we not heard of this anywhere else?
what ~?~?~else is going on while the foucs is on the crappy people demonstrating
advisers my sweet butt. Why has congress not stopped this???? He’ll get more of our people killed. Let the africans kill themselves into oblivion…do a fly over and spray them with insecticide for the pests they are.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:32pmADVISORS are sent IN?????
Ding—Dong
USA SENT “ADVISORS” to VIET NAM
Enough said ON that!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JFK must be turning in his grave.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:54pm100 troops should have been sent to enforce law and order against the illegal occupation in NYC
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:04pmImpeach the lying saboteur Impostor-in-Chief!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:58pmAs an anti-colonialist one worlder this step to affect Africa is transparent, and started in Libya. One world Gov/UN has wanted to re-draw the borders on this continent for many years. It’s sad our Military is being used to Marxist end.
Report Post »johnlee
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:59pmjoin the war(military) and change some things.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:29pm@Johnlee
Report Post »How about you join, I did 24 years already.
coindexter
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:17amall the thugs have to do is start an Occupy Uganda protest movement and Oblameless will have to back down. seriously tho…two decades this has been going on? so why now? why do we go in with troops now? i’m being socratic…answer those ?’s yourself. aren’t 5 warfronts enough for the prez?
Report Post »Michael
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:16amtoo late we have been there over a month… So much going on out there that is not reported. That is classified and not reported, then suddenly troops are told they can talk about it to family, then this is released by this joke of an administration… what a joke
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 6:57amA letter to Boehner? This is the 2nd time Obama bypassed Congress when it comes to sending troops. Oh, I forgot. We don’t have boots on the ground in Libya. Yeah, right! Obama will continue to bypass Congress as much as he can, whether it’s war, or his own “war” within our government!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:23amAnd you thought Michelle was just taking a million dollar vacation.
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:35amSend 1000 – no send 10,000 of those Fleabaggers protesting on Wall Street – they’ll go anywhere you and Van Jones tell them to go.
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:38amWhat part of ‘covert’ does this President not understand. Another PR diversion.
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:45amNONONONONONONO!! Not another Soldier’s life. Not in the sands of Arabia, nor the Forests of Germany. Not in the Jungles of any South East Asian Country and NOT in Africa. No No No No No…Our Country has bled enough for all the World’s others. Bring them home to save them and to protect US! Bring our Boys Home! Political Dip Wads. Left and Right together…Dip Wads.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:15ampoverty.sucks
You‘re going to get the Nazi Police State you’re itching for.
The Wall Street protestors are going to give you self-segregated, suburban, police state utopia-loving folks exactly what you deserve.
Nazis coming door to door confiscating weapons like they’re doing in Cleveland, in violation of Posse Comitatus.
They call it “V-GRIP” because I, V-Man, have been protesting the Nazi Police State outside their taxpayer-funded castles, with signs telling Clevelanders to Open Carry their firearms because it is legal to do so in Ohio, and informing citizens that the Nazi Police and the Nazi TSA are coming to confiscate your guns. This is their counter.
The Nazis are now going door to door, looking for guns.
Ready, Tea Party?
Remember this, you Police State supporters, when the bullets start flying, it was ALL YOUR FAULT FOR SUPPORTING THESE NAZIS.
RESIST THE NAZI POLICE STATE!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:28amThis is a bad idea.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 12:19pmrose-ellen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army
A cauldron of goats head soup, much like what is going on in the protests today, eh?
Report Post »robert
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 12:23pmObama is always ready to help out his brothers no matter what the cost in blood and treasure to the US might be, just as Eric Holder is ready to help out those same brothers here by refusing to prosecute them if they assault whites at polling places.
Obama nominated many blacks as departnent heads in spite of the fact theiy’re unqualified, like the NASA head who said his job was to try to placate Muslims, or the Harvard ghetto geek who displayed vicious unlawful conduct to a white police officer and was arrested. Obama, of course, would not have spoken up in defense of the blatant law breaker if he had not been black and the arresting cop white.
This is the same community organizer who raled about the US sending troops overseas to fight foreign wars.
Of course, it‘s now obvious that Obama doesn’t mind expending US blood and treasure so long as the beneficiaries are black. They’re his brothers, just like the the Black Panthers and the Harvard geek.
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:06pmV-MAN MACE: May not be off to far.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066 in December 1941. His order forced 100,000 Japanese residents in the United States to be rounded up and placed in concentration camps. The property of the Japanese was confiscated. Both Lincoln‘s and Roosevelt’s actions were taken during wartime, when the very life of the United States was threatened. Wilson’s action was taken on the eve of the United States entering World War One. Whether history judges these actions as just, proper or legal, the decision must be left to time. The dire life struggle associated with these actions provided plausible argumentation favoring their implementation during a time when hysteria ruled an age.
THE NEW DANGERS
A Presidential Executive Order, whether Constitutional or not, becomes law simply by its publication in the Federal Registry. Congress is by-passed. Here are just a few Executive Orders that would suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:07pmVman Mace Continued:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
Report Post »bestartist
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 3:40amUh oh..George Soros….Samantha Powers…..oil……
After President Barack Obama announced earlier this week that he would be sending American troops into Uganda, WND uncovered billionaire activist George Soros‘ ties both to the political pressure behind the decision and to the African nation’s fledgling oil industry.
Soros sits on the executive board of an influential “crisis management organization” that recently recommended the U.S. deploy a special advisory military team to Uganda to help with operations and run an intelligence platform, a recommendation Obama’s action seems to fulfill.
The president emeritus of that organization, the International Crisis Group, is also the principal author of “Responsibility to Protect,” the military doctrine used by Obama to justify the U.S.-led NATO campaign in Libya.
Soros’ own Open Society Institute is one of only three nongovernmental funders of the Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect, a doctrine that has been cited many times by activists urging intervention in Uganda.
Authors and advisers of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, including a center founded and led by Samantha Power, the National Security Council special adviser to Obama on human rights, also helped to found the International Criminal Court
Read more: Why U.S. military in Uganda? Soros fingerprints all over it http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=356321#ixzz1avcJwSbq
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:38amI heard that Obama is planning complete withdraw from Afghanistan. I bet we will have major amounts of troops going to Africa . He can’t afford the man power for this war otherwise .It will satisfy the Hollywood progressives and the blacks. You can bet that they won’t have to beg for more troops when needed.
Report Post »Mr.Truth
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:33pmGreat here we go again… When the hell are we gonna let people fight their own battles? Screw it while were at it lets drop a nuke on Iran and North Korea that way we know they’ll never attack us in the future… Welcome to Rome folks!
Report Post »shirtsbyeric
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:33pmTalk about “Invading the wrong country”.
Report Post »xoke
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:52pmRacist! Unjust! Illegal war! (everybody now) Racist! Unjust! Illegal war!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:02pmWhere’s CODE PINK???
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:49pmAbout the only thing that could get him re-elected is for Obummer to start a bunch of wars. Still wondering about the timing of the supposed Iranian plot and what he will do about it. Our soldiers are merely political pawns to him
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 12:36pmHe had to invade some country to distract us. Iran, no way…they would nuke Israel first and their Navy is nearby the US, and they have Hezbollah south of the border and Iran has alliances with Cuba and all the other nutz.
Report Post »meetsense
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:31pm“furthers U.S. national security interests and foreign policy and will be a significant contribution toward counter-LRA efforts in central Africa.”
I’m sure about the second part, and sure this murderer, like so many others around the Globe, needs to be taken care of, but seriously, how exactly does this, yet another Police action, further our national interests?
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:31pmBull sh-t! Spreading more of our troops out to leave us defenceless you damn Marxist! We know what you and Soros is up to !
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:30pmThat’s 8 !
Afghanistan
Iraq
Pakistan
Hondorous
Columbia
Lybia
Uganda.
Watch for release from the IAEA about Irans “ Nuclear ambitions ” coming early next month.
Report Post »By years end to March 2012 , that’s 9
Iran and WWIII.
I think I read something in the “STORM” Manuel about dividing the military and abandoning it upon far shores?
Yeah_Buddy
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:45pmThats so awesome, now we’re in another war. Good thing too cause we have less resources to protect our borders and think less about Iran. Whew! Thanks you BO voters!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:20pmHave a friend who says her son-in-law has known for 3 years he was being deployed to Africa!!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:14pm@Von
Report Post »Looking forwards to sunset……..best day of the week!
Funny, some might think I mean something a lot less sober than I do.
I know a master Sargent in Recon, we’ve actually had casualties in Lybia and boots on ground for months.
Hondorous and Columbia are drug warlord interdictions.
momprayn
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:30pmThis makes me even more worried than I was with all the other threats & problems we’re having….what if they are trying to keep our military spread too thin on purpose to allow for our other enemies to attack us here? And/or promote the caliphate takeover? This is totally uncalled for and unnecessary – very, very worrisome.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:02pmWorld War 3 will be centered around American troops fighting their way back to the U.S. from all corners of the planet.
Report Post »TerryDo
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:30pmDo you think that Obama made sure that the 100 or so US Troops, being sent into Ughanda are blacks because if they are white, these Troops will be like sitting ducks for the devious “LRA”?
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:29pmuganda? really? only 100 soldiers? this is a good way to get our troops slaughtered.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:09pmI would have thought there would have been more than 100 that came out of the closet!!!!
Report Post »R0bespierre
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:29pmAh yes, the Lord’s Resistance Army – the world’s most brutal Christian terrorist militia.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:46pmAh yes, Robe the most un-American, un-patriotic Marxist guttersnipe on the thread.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:28pmJust when you think he can’t cause anymore destruction…. OOOps
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:28pmI heard this on Rush’s show (and looked into it further). I encourage you all to do the same. This is an impeachable action and must be fully exposed.
Report Post »WH
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:05pmmaybe, but Rush was way off saying that the LRA is christian. I have friends that work in Uganda. The LRA is completely evil.
Report Post »WH
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:07pm“They have charged the group with seizing children to bolster its ranks of soldiers and sometimes forcing them to become sex slaves”
This is true. I have friend that work with victims in Uganda. Rush couldn’t have been more wrong claiming the LRA is christian. Be careful on this one…the truth has no agenda.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:02pmThanks WH. That’s why I do my best to look into these things for myself. But regardless of of the LRA’s intentions, this action by the president should not be left alone.
Many blessings to your friends in Uganda. I hope they stay safe.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:19pmI was shocked when I heard Rush talking about it, because he had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. He clearly didn’t even bother to read the ABC story thuroughly because he thought we were aiding the Muslim Sudan against the LRA. It is the Christian SOUTH Sudan as well as Uganda and Congo that the LRA is terrorizing. I have known of the evils of the LRA for years, but I have connections with Uganda. Still, it wouldn’t have taken much to familiarize himself with the basics before going off about it.
I support helping Uganda and the other nations of the region rid themselves of this scourge, but why are our troops needed? Send them guns and air surveilance, no more. The last thing we need is another combat theater of operation.
Report Post »reality based lifeform
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:28pmyet another brilliant move by Mr. “I’ll end the wars in Iraq and Afganistan , close Gitmo , and bring all of our troops home !” What ever happened to that diplomacy thing you were bragging about being so awesome at during the last election ? Not only has he failed on his campaign promises above now he has gotten the US involved in Libya and now Uganda conflicts
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:36pm100 troops? Hilarious. There are closer to 2500 troops, not including in the rear with the gear personnel. They have been there for quite some time.
We (America) is maintaining some 25 Predator drones in South Africa and have been actively training “freedom” fighters how to control them……………FOR MONTHS!
Report Post »PoliticalJunkieToo
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:51pmFox Business talks about how much those predator drones cost EACH and how much it cost to maintain those troops in Africa.
No WONDER we are going broke. Let them fight their won battles.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:47pm@ PoliticalJunkieToo
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:51pm
Fox Business talks about how much those predator drones cost EACH and how much it cost to maintain those troops in Africa.
No WONDER we are going broke. Let them fight their won battles.
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For a guy like me Obama has been a literal gold mine for my financial status. We’ve invested so much time and money on drone research and development, armaments, refinement, and deployment that I’m guaranteed a lot of free travel, free meals, all the toys I want to play with.
My greatest sadness comes from the fact that I can‘t target one on the Whitehouse when I know he’s there. Then it would actually benefit the American people.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 12:23pm@THE10THAMENDMENT
How sad, man. You are helping the commie traitor build his USSR-type empire. Hussein feels closer to Africa than to us for obvious reasons, and he plans to carry out his dad’s dream of turning the African continent Red (making unholy alliances with Muslims too). The Soviets failed at it, but Hussein thinks he can pull it off with his political influence, and American military aid and technology.
Why are you doing this, dude? I am a capitalist too, but this is about our survival. Use your hi-tech expertise to help us boot him out. Please.
Report Post »scguitar
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:25pmJust like we had advisers in Vietnam too. We know how that turned out
Report Post »762x51
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:44pmEXACTLY – In May 1961 JFK sent 500 Special Forces troops as military ADVISERS to South Vietnam and that turned out just fine . . .
It was just by 1973 when I went there that it sucked, the whole Ia Drang Valley and that Tet thing in 1968 was no big deal(sarcasm), I‘m sure none of that was JFK’s fault, or was it? 58,212 KIA but with his experience I’m sure BHO has looked at the big picture. What could go wrong?
Report Post »not a liberal
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:46pmDidn’t we also advise in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Somalia…
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:24pm~^~v~~^~~v~^~
So how many wars is that now? 6! Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria and now Uganda. This operation Emperor Obama says will be only a short stay for our troops who will be training Ugandan forces. Huh, funny thing is he said the same thing about Libya and that it would only be a few days not weeks,( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-intlJA3nK4 ) we are on months now.
Where are all the those on the left that were constantly attacking the Bush administration over all the wars it was committing the US to? Where are all the liberal bleeding hearts that protested against Iraq & Afghanistan? Wheres Cindy Sheehan? … and they call republicans warmongers! http://SavingtheRepublic.com TAPGW
Report Post »crazedbanshee
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:35pmWhile I have a hard time trusting anything Obama says if he sticks to his plan I actually agree with this. I believe in training people who want to defend their country.
You criticize the liberals for not standing up against this like they did bush. Where did you stand on the issue when war was declared on terror? What is different here?
If you want people to listen to the things that are really harming this country, you better stick up for right no matter who presents it.
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:21pmVietnam: U.S. Advisors 1955-1965
58,000+ Americans killed
End of war: 1975
Do the math.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:21pmSend troops to Calif. No speekie Englisa. Isa muey importante!!!!!! Meo Chebby es no workie.
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:21pmPresident Obama is a war monger. An imperialist pig. Wish we had a Democrat in office. Oh… right. we do. … what happened?
Report Post »michael48
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:28pmwell if he counts troops the way he counts OUR MONEY, we should “create or save” 100 Billion Boots on the GROUND…BTW..imagine an (R) doing this…dems would crap a SOLR FLARE…
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:19pmWe have got murder and rape in our own country. Close the borders and secure this country obumbler.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:19pmWTF??! Mr. “We had no reason to be in Iraq”…So lets go to war in Uganda??
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:18pmWow, obumbler is a war lord. He is eclipsing all that came before him in the war dept. Where are all his supporters calling him on his activities?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:20pmTomorrow’s Headlines:
Report Post »KENYAN Leader wins WW III. Bananas for everyone.
ARIZONA VETERAN
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:17pmWow obowma sure is a war monger,, you know “air raiding villages and killing innocents” what hypocrite! Guess he owes bush and America a apology!
Report Post »McKenzie Davis
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:17pmOh Great !!Just what we need NOT!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:17pmWhy am I not surprised here, maybe they need some new infrastructure. Obummer will have those jungles looking like Manhattan in no time at all.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:08pm@HKS
Report Post »Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:17pm
Why am I not surprised here, maybe they need some new infrastructure. Obummer will have those jungles looking like Manhattan in no time at all
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Can’t you see it now? potus grants $20bil to S. Africa to bolster Green energy in war zone, $20bil to chop down trees standing in way of wind energy $40 bil for solar energy in refugee camps in neighboring countries.
let us prey
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:16pmSudan plans to move forward with an all-Islamic constitution and a legal system governed by Shariah law, the country’s president said Wednesday.
Report Post »That was yesterday. Is obumbler trying to speed up the caliphate?
pamela kay
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:39amYou bet cha. He will satisfy the muslims as well.
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