Posted on 03/30/2014 1:36:47 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
BANGUI, Central African Republic – Officials say Chadian soldiers killed more than 30 civilians in Central African Republic's strife-torn capital city.
Jean-Pierre Sadou, a gendarmerie official with the regional peacekeeping force, could not confirm the death toll from Saturday's violence but said the Chadian soldiers' actions were a "legitimate defense" after their convoy was attacked by grenades.
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There are no Islamic “civilians”.
85% of CAR is not Muslim. The UN wasn't shooting people when the Muslims were doing the killing.
AT LEAST in our own circle of friends and family we CAN have some positive influence. Why cry a river over things we CAN'T change? All we can do for those folks is pray.
Stick around long enough and you’ll get the hang of having a good “king of the world” attitude. /sarc/ You are right - pray!
Would it bring it closer to home if you understood that we have troops committed to finding the LRA, a terrorist group that sometimes operates in Central African Republic?
UN joins Muslim war against Christians - because the Christians were winning
I'm not sure about the combat efficiency of the Chad army. I guess they are able to use their small arms to kill people. As long as the UN thinks they are good enough for the CAR, that's good enough for me.
NOT A BIT "closer to home" AT ALL.
Our military does ALL sorts of things. I sometimes think they get involved where they have no business being just to "stay ready" and remember how to do battle. Maybe I'm wrong.
I USED to get SO annoyed at the deployment of our troops to SO MANY gawd-awful places for (seemingly) NO REASON.
WHY are OUR troops hunting the Central African Republic terrorist groups? What have THEY to do with us?
I suppose it doesn't really matter as we will NEVER, EVER be told the truth.
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