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Sources: U.S. pulling last of its Special Operations forces out of Yemen
fox6now.com ^ | 3/21/15 | cnn

Posted on 03/21/2015 9:15:54 AM PDT by ColdOne

For years, the U.S. military has worked closely with Yemen’s government to go after AQAP, together carrying out numerous attacks like the 2011 drone strike that killed prominent al Qaeda figure Anwar al-Awlaki. And U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed this cooperation as a pillar in his anti-terrorism campaign.

“Yemen has never been a perfect democracy or a island of stability,” Obama said in January, promoting the policy of “partnering and intelligence-sharing with that local government” as the best approach in a bad situation.

“The alternative would be for us to play whack-a-mole every time there is a terrorist actor inside of any given country,” the President said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabspring; failure; juniorvarsity; leadingfrombehind; surrenderjunkies; yemen
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To: ColdOne

Well gee whiz, why don’t we publish the flight plan also? Obama is doing his best to wipe out our SpecOps guys.


21 posted on 03/21/2015 10:01:16 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: mac_truck

You side with Obama on what he is doing to our military?

Is that more because you side with Obama, or with Putin, or a little of both?


22 posted on 03/21/2015 10:02:23 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: ColdOne

Special ops don’t run........unless they have a coward for CIC!


23 posted on 03/21/2015 10:23:26 AM PDT by kenmcg
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To: ColdOne

Handing over to Iran ?


24 posted on 03/21/2015 10:43:43 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: ColdOne

yeah but obammy touted the place as one of his successes.
Oh yeah, the mookabooker can’t speak without LYING.


25 posted on 03/21/2015 10:51:57 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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To: ColdOne

Iran already has the nukes and the ability to use them.

The stage is being set for Iran to attacks Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the EU.

All these negotiations talks is nothing to buy concession from the US a d a dog and pony show.

The deal has already been signed and is a farce, the Iranians got a sweetheart of a deal from the US.

Used car salesmanship at it’s finest.

Neville Chamberlain : PEACE IN OUR TIME ! YIP’eeeee !


26 posted on 03/21/2015 10:59:38 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress !)
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To: ColdOne

Another glorious tail-between-the-legs retreat...


27 posted on 03/21/2015 11:51:44 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: ansel12; All

No....I side with the budget cutters in Congress.

Its the neo-cons and their ilk who constantly cut deals with the Democrats to raise the budget.

Go figure.


28 posted on 03/21/2015 12:28:41 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: mac_truck

You side with Obama, Putin, the democrats and the American left, you want to keep reducing our ability to fight.

Go figure. Is this about wanting America weak in general, or just to help your man Putin?


29 posted on 03/21/2015 12:56:48 PM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: ansel12
The United States is already eighteen TRILLION dollars in debt and GOPes like your pal like Lindsey Graham can't wait to remove the budget limits and increase Pentagon spending.

They're also quite willing to offer the Dims quid pro quo increases in social spending in return.

This isn't about making America weaker either. The Pentagon already gets hundreds of billions of dollars in the current budget.

30 posted on 03/21/2015 2:15:16 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: mac_truck

Weakening us even more, especially in the face of Russia attacking it’s neighbors and China building a global military, is not the way to fix our budget problems, but it would fix that other problem that you worry about so much, Putin meeting resistance and opposition to his military goals.


31 posted on 03/21/2015 2:20:04 PM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: mac_truck

Defense spending is 18% of the budget. Cut it to zero and a deficit still exists. Your focus is misguided.

http://www.heritage.org/multimedia/infographic/2014/12/where-did-every-dollar-in-spending-go


32 posted on 03/21/2015 3:33:20 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: ansel12
Well sue me I'm actually more concerned with what's happening in the United States right now than I am about whose flag is currently flying over Simferopl, or Donetsk...and it is precisely this kind of endless meddling around the world by the United States which has pushed Russia & China into a stronger alliance.
33 posted on 03/21/2015 3:39:55 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: mac_truck

You are obsessed with foreign policy, especially in regards to your support for Russia, yet now you want to pretend that foreign policy doesn’t interest you, you just want a lower budget.

I want a lower budget as well, but I want a stronger larger military, and I want to prevent WWIII in Europe, and the only way to do that, is to be stronger, not weaker like you and Obama are calling for.


34 posted on 03/21/2015 3:42:55 PM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: Henry Hnyellar
Defense spending is 18% of the budget.

Spending caps hold down ALL spending, don't they?.

Remove the spending cap for defense and you open the door to spending increases across the board.

That's what the Democrats are counting on and their spending priorities are four time greater than yours. (ie: the other 82% of the pie).

35 posted on 03/21/2015 3:53:10 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: ansel12
I want a lower budget as well

Ok..explain how increasing spending for Defense lowers the budget.

I'll wait...

36 posted on 03/21/2015 3:57:52 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: ColdOne
Obama is INTENTIONALLY yielding these Countries to the radical Muslims because he is one of them.

Within another year to 18 months I would guess the Muslims will realize the U.S. is no longer a factor and they will be emboldened enough to strike directly at Israel.

Following the road Obama has us on will result in many BAD events to follow.

37 posted on 03/21/2015 4:04:07 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: mac_truck

LOL, you think the only way to lower the budget is to take it from our ability to defend ourselves from Russia and China?

You really cannot think of how to reduce the federal budget while increasing defense?


38 posted on 03/21/2015 4:05:22 PM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: mac_truck; Henry Hnyellar
Remove the spending cap for defense and you open the door to spending increases across the board.

It's too bad for your credibility, that you happen to be one of our pro-Russia/Putin propagandists and supportive of his invasion.

You and the democrats do agree about defense spending.

39 posted on 03/21/2015 4:08:34 PM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: ansel12
Military spending at its current level is more than adequate to defend the United States from both Russia and China.

Keep trying....

40 posted on 03/21/2015 4:13:31 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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