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US insists operation in Africa a limited mission
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 25, 2011 | DONNA CASSATA

Posted on 10/25/2011 12:52:45 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military operation against a ruthless guerrilla group accused of widespread atrocities is a short-term deployment with the specific goal of ending the threat of the Lord's Resistance Army in Africa, Obama administration officials insisted on Tuesday.

Facing skeptical members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, administration officials said the roughly 100 American troops - mostly U.S. Army Special Forces - had been dispatched to central Africa as advisers to regional forces pursuing leader Joseph Kony and top commanders of the Lord's Resistance Army.

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KEYWORDS: shadowwar

1 posted on 10/25/2011 12:52:50 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Same thing was said when Vietnam started this way.


2 posted on 10/25/2011 12:57:18 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sure.


3 posted on 10/25/2011 12:58:23 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: SandRat

Yep, when advisors started getting killed, troops were brought in to protect the advisors, then when the troops protecting the advisors were killed, troops were brought in to protect the troops protecting the advisors.......Rinse. Lather. Repeat.


4 posted on 10/25/2011 1:00:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Very dangerous.Yet this is calculated aid in the destruction of the US military. Obama never actually built a damned thing in his life.


5 posted on 10/25/2011 1:16:06 PM PDT by onedoug (lf)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They just want to help Iran consolidate the caliphate and Duhbummer will rule this area..


6 posted on 10/25/2011 1:55:10 PM PDT by aces
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Somalia was limited. Look what it got us.


7 posted on 10/25/2011 2:12:23 PM PDT by Sarajevo (Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obama just wants to destroy all evidence of the issuance of his original African birth certificate.
8 posted on 10/25/2011 9:52:59 PM PDT by tdscpa
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