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‘Why now?’ Dismay as US considers troop pullout from Somalia
AP - America's Pravda ^ | 11/26/2020 | CARA ANNA

Posted on 11/26/2020 3:39:40 AM PST by McGruff

No country has been involved in Somalia’s future as much as the United States. Now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred U.S. military troops from the Horn of Africa nation at what some experts call the worst possible time.

Three decades of chaos, from warlords to al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab to the emergence of an Islamic State-linked group, have ripped apart the country that only in the past few years has begun to find its footing. The U.S. Embassy returned to Somalia just last year, 28 years after diplomats and staffers fled.

Somalia faces a tense election season that begins in the next few weeks to decide the presidency and parliament

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1 posted on 11/26/2020 3:39:40 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Can SAVAGES run a country fairly?


2 posted on 11/26/2020 3:42:17 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: McGruff

Yeah, why now? Why not 1993?


3 posted on 11/26/2020 3:44:46 AM PST by real saxophonist (Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. -Bruce Lee)
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To: Ann Archy

“Can SAVAGES run a country fairly?”

Does a bear sh_it in the woods?


4 posted on 11/26/2020 3:45:44 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: McGruff

“Average IQ in Somalia: 68
Shares #38 position with Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti and Swaziland on the World Ranking List

https://new-iq-test.com/somalia-average-iq.html

Just saying........


5 posted on 11/26/2020 3:47:56 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: McGruff

Send the brother marrying cnt back to fight.


6 posted on 11/26/2020 3:48:30 AM PST by angmo (#joeknew)
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To: McGruff
Seems a little strange to read stories like this when we remember when the same media wanted the United States out of Iraq.
7 posted on 11/26/2020 3:48:43 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: angmo

Maybe she can win a seat in the parliament there.


8 posted on 11/26/2020 3:52:52 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Ann Archy

Liberals should volunteer to go there and fix the country for them.

if they really cared, they would.


9 posted on 11/26/2020 3:54:17 AM PST by Salamander (Call them by their true name: Pedocrats.)
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To: McGruff

Let the muslims kill each other.

JoMa


10 posted on 11/26/2020 4:03:45 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: everyone

Somone once said “Democrats get us into wars, Republicans get us out” or something like that.


11 posted on 11/26/2020 4:05:26 AM PST by McGruff (We will not go quietly into the night. We will not surrender without a fight!)
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To: McGruff

“Three decades of chaos”

Then apparently us being there isn’t working. Let’s send the Somalis here in the states back so they can fix it. Start with Ilhan Omar!


12 posted on 11/26/2020 4:12:44 AM PST by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: rfreedom4u

Cut the nation in half. Give Somaliland in the north the independence it has wanted for years, and let Somalia in the south go to Hell. 1


13 posted on 11/26/2020 4:18:19 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Ann Archy

Can SAVAGES run a country fairly?

Which country?


14 posted on 11/26/2020 4:28:25 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

“Can SAVAGES run a country fairly?”

We may just find out after January 20.


15 posted on 11/26/2020 4:31:34 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: McGruff
At the same time, let's withdraw the Somalians from the United States.

16 posted on 11/26/2020 4:34:00 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: McGruff

We are going to instill in them a love of democracy, respect for their constitution, and a respect for law and order. Well, heck, we cannot even do this in our country and we have a history of trying to do this.

When would be, according to the “experts”, the best possible time to leave Somalia? No more nation building fiascos!


17 posted on 11/26/2020 4:35:58 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (No more Fox News.)
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To: McGruff

Let our so called European allies take a shot at it. We’re done. We need to get out of Afghanistan too. Today.


18 posted on 11/26/2020 4:40:50 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kil l you. )
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To: McGruff

Lol

I guess the next move would be to pull Somalia out of the United States.


19 posted on 11/26/2020 4:53:04 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: McGruff

Somalia is a barren shithole and always will be. It is in constant turmoil with different clans trying to take power. Any food and supplies that is sent over there is immediately confiscated by the clans. I know because I was there for six months during Project Hope in 1982. The US tried to help the people but it was in vain.


20 posted on 11/26/2020 4:55:21 AM PST by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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