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80 US troops in Chad helping to locate abducted girls, Obama says
foxnews.com ^ | 5/21/14 | ap

Posted on 05/21/2014 12:53:57 PM PDT by ColdOne

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says the U.S. has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help located more than 200 girls kidnapped in Nigeria.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; bokoharam; bringbackourgirls; chad; hashtag; military; nigeria; obama; personnel; president; soldiers; troops; us
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1 posted on 05/21/2014 12:53:57 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

That’s OK by me; but that’s 80 more than were sent to Benghazi...


2 posted on 05/21/2014 12:54:30 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: ColdOne

So now our troops are being used for this; this should be something left for the Nigerian government to deal with. How many more ‘missions’ are our troops going to be subjected to?


3 posted on 05/21/2014 12:54:55 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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4 posted on 05/21/2014 12:55:11 PM PDT by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: ColdOne

I am shocked that he is only now telling us of this. It is true that they woke up after the hash tag and decided they better do something because people were paying attention. Only 80 though. Seems a bit anemic for the job that is going to be done. Fighting terrorists with 80 of our folks? We need much more. #Needmoretroopsnow


5 posted on 05/21/2014 1:00:16 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Governor Scott Walker 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: CorporateStepsister

We have always done these kinds of missions since Iranian Crisis at least. I am just thankful that they are FINALLY waking up to the seriousness of this. Sad that it took a hash tag to get things moving.


6 posted on 05/21/2014 1:01:30 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Governor Scott Walker 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: napscoordinator

Indeed, send more. Put it on our tab.


7 posted on 05/21/2014 1:03:15 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: napscoordinator

You’re right; I shouldn’t be so hardened.


8 posted on 05/21/2014 1:04:02 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: ColdOne

So are they actually going to allow these troops to shoot back?


9 posted on 05/21/2014 1:04:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Oh, Good Lord. 80 troops (only) is a recipe for MORE disaster for liberating a couple of hundred girls who will never be liberated. Once they were taken, they will forever be ‘shunned’ and targeted by the communities they came from.


10 posted on 05/21/2014 1:07:40 PM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t have an issue with sending them in. Just don’t announce it. Idiots.


11 posted on 05/21/2014 1:08:52 PM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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President Barack Obama says the U.S. has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help located more than 200 girls kidnapped in Nigeria.

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I’d be willing to bet Obama received NO intel on this. The girls could be in Libya for all he knows.


12 posted on 05/21/2014 1:09:55 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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I hope these 80 aren’t ambushed. God help them if they are overwhelmed by the Moose Limbs and need reinforcements.


13 posted on 05/21/2014 1:10:21 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: CondorFlight

You can tell when he’s lying when his lips are moving.

Take NOTHING this guy says on faith.


14 posted on 05/21/2014 1:10:54 PM PDT by ZULU (https://www.facebook.com/freejustina)
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80 troops? How many did he send to Mexico to get one of our Marines out of prison?


15 posted on 05/21/2014 1:11:19 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: ColdOne

I guess they can consider themselves warned.


16 posted on 05/21/2014 1:11:45 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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17 posted on 05/21/2014 1:12:12 PM PDT by deks (Sent from my BlackBerry Q10)
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“So are they actually going to allow these troops to shoot back?”

Yes my question as well.
We are dealing with rabid animals; do we have call the attorneys in charge of the military before doing something?
This is a vicious; soulless group of people who took these girls.

18 posted on 05/21/2014 1:12:38 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Obama lied; our healthcare died.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

He heard about it on the news.


19 posted on 05/21/2014 1:12:52 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

Like Somalia when CNN crews were waiting on the beach for the US troops to land.


20 posted on 05/21/2014 1:13:30 PM PDT by dfwgator
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