The first little steps are being taken by this Administration towards the new, the next Viet Nam. This is how it started before.
You really need a wide ranging discussion in America on how you intend to fight the War on Terror.
Since you are not willing to commit your troops to all theaters, you’ll have to work through partners and these partners will make demands on US military resources.
For example, most of you don’t know that Uganda has 5,000 troops in Somalia battling Al Shabab. Do you think that your drones alone killed Al Awlaki in Yemen? The intelligence provided by the Yemenis was very valuable there.
Wake up and smell the coffee!! Do you think you can make use of a dictator’s armed forces without him making demands on yours?
If your going to fight against terrorists with minimum loss of American lives, you’ve got to get in bed with a lot of very unsavoury characters. Nothing comes free.
The excursion in Uganda is the cost of 5,000 Ugandan troops in Somalia.
And don’t tell me that only the democrats do this sort of thing - Bush sent Guatemalan Special Forces to wipe out this guy in 2007, they failed and the Ugandans insist on the real thing.
You really need a wide ranging discussion in America on how you intend to fight the War on Terror.
Since you are not willing to commit your troops to all theaters, you’ll have to work through partners and these partners will make demands on US military resources.
For example, most of you don’t know that Uganda has 5,000 troops in Somalia battling Al Shabab. Do you think that your drones alone killed Al Awlaki in Yemen? The intelligence provided by the Yemenis was very valuable there.
Wake up and smell the coffee!! Do you think you can make use of a dictator’s armed forces without him making demands on yours?
If your going to fight against terrorists with minimum loss of American lives, you’ve got to get in bed with a lot of very unsavoury characters. Nothing comes free.
The excursion in Uganda is the cost of 5,000 Ugandan troops in Somalia.
And don’t tell me that only the democrats do this sort of thing - Bush sent Guatemalan Special Forces to wipe out this guy in 2007, they failed and the Ugandans insist on the real thing.