Posted on 10/14/2011 11:11:35 AM PDT by roses of sharon
President Obama has deployed combat troops to central Africa to aid in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army. In a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, Obama says 12 troops with "appropriate combat equipment" were deployed on October 12 and approximately 100 in total will be deployed including a second combat team and headquarters, communications and logistics personnel. The forces will provide information and advise and assist "select partner nation forces," Obama explains. The troops will not fight except in self-defense.
(Excerpt) Read more at security.blogs.cnn.com ...
I only have vile thoughts not to post on a family oriented site.
Boots on the ground, “Uh-Oh”.
Just say no,John.
Slip in some legislation—no ground troops for this purpose.
All I can say is HERE WE GO!
Christians vs muslims. Guess which side we just took?
Here we go again.....another Libya without permission from Congress. This guy is going to get us in another war and put our youngsters lives at risk. And for what? You want to see savages? Look at Africa. Stay out of this one, none of our business.
Der Fuehrer’s bad guys here are christians fighting agains muslim oppression and muslim attempts to commit genocide.
[ Christians vs muslims. Guess which side we just took? ]
Umm, the wrong one.
Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. Lord’s is a religious and military group based on Protestant apocolyptic Christianity. Don’t let the Christianity thing fool you. These guys are VERY bad news.
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE
October 14, 2011
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
For more than two decades, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has murdered, raped, and kidnapped tens of thousands of men, women, and children in central Africa. The LRA continues to commit atrocities across the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan that have a disproportionate impact on regional security. Since 2008, the United States has supported regional military efforts to pursue the LRA and protect local communities. Even with some limited U.S. assistance, however, regional military efforts have thus far been unsuccessful in removing LRA leader Joseph Kony or his top commanders from the battlefield. In the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, Public Law 111-172, enacted May 24, 2010, the Congress also expressed support for increased, comprehensive U.S. efforts to help mitigate and eliminate the threat posed by the LRA to civilians and regional stability.
In furtherance of the Congress’s stated policy, I have authorized a small number of combat-equipped U.S. forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward the removal of Joseph Kony from the battlefield. I believe that deploying these U.S. Armed Forces furthers U.S. national security interests and foreign policy and will be a significant contribution toward counter-LRA efforts in central Africa.
On October 12, the initial team of U.S. military personnel with appropriate combat equipment deployed to Uganda. During the next month, additional forces will deploy, including a second combat-equipped team and associated headquarters, communications, and logistics personnel. The total number of U.S. military personnel deploying for this mission is approximately 100. These forces will act as advisors to partner forces that have the goal of removing from the battlefield Joseph Kony and other senior leadership of the LRA. Our forces will provide information, advice, and assistance to select partner nation forces. Subject to the approval of each respective host nation, elements of these U.S. forces will deploy into Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The support provided by U.S. forces will enhance regional efforts against the LRA. However, although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice,
and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense. All appropriate precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of U.S. military personnel during their deployment.
I have directed this deployment, which is in the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive. I am making this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148). I appreciate the support of the Congress in this action.
Sincerely,
BARACK OBAMA
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What possible interest does the US have in that area of Africa?
They’re going to the Congo and South Sudan - exactly WHAT part of the United States of America are these fellows going to protect in (as Joseph Conrad called it) “darkest Africa?” Congress needs to stop this immediately!
We don`t need this crap from Obummer.
B52`s can do the job in 30 seconds.
never forget-
Battle of Mogadishu (1993), Black Hawk Down ...
To be fair, Clinton and Bush started the precedent for these humanitarian wars. We need to amend the constitution to ban them. We never get anything out of them, though Mooshell was just over there and I am sure the Obamas will somehow get a cut of whatever money is spent.
me me me Can I answer that
I will go with the thought zero is taking sides against Christians and siding with muslims.
Am I right?
How the heck does he get to do this? Nobody in the WH has ever discussed this plan with Congress or even given a hint of it in the press.
The Lord’s Resistance Army is a bunch of loonies led by a nutcase, and yes, they’re violent and dangerous, but so are a lot of things in Africa and we’ve never gotten involved there unless there was at least some glimmer of US interest.
This is insane and should be illegal. The US military is not Obama’s personal enforcer squad.
Their opponents have only been doing it for a millennium and a half.
You forgot the word “AGAIN”.
Yeah, that thought crossed my mind too, but then a dark cloud descended over my head, and I had to shut up.
I have no idea but my guess is that we are protecting muslims again. The power to use our military in this fashion needs to be stripped from this guy as long as he is in office.
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