Posted on 12/04/2020 1:55:56 PM PST by Theoria
Relocation of 700 troops from Somalia reverses administration course; move follows troop cuts in Iraq, Afghanistan
President Trump ordered the Pentagon to pull nearly all U.S. troops out of Somalia, where for 13 years they have been fighting a low-intensity battle against the local al Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabaab, U.S. officials said.
The roughly 700 troops stationed in Somalia would move to bases in Kenya and Djibouti and enter Somalia to conduct shorter counterterrorism missions against al-Shabaab, as well as a smaller force of Islamic State militants. The American troops are expected to leave the country by early next year, the officials said.
The move, supported by the new acting defense secretary, Chris Miller, effectively reverses the course set by his predecessor, Mark Esper. Mr. Esper favored drawing down U.S. forces operating in the volatile Sahel region of West Africa while maintaining the American presence in Somalia, according to a senior U.S. official.
The Pentagon, in a statement sent to lawmakers Friday, said that despite the withdrawal, U.S. aims in Somalia hadn’t changed.
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The only way they hurt the US is when they get into our country. All these futile wars that the defense industry and the Pentagon love do nothing but create “refugees” that come here. They are terrorists in the making. If we kept them out of our country, who cares what they do in their own s**thole countries?
Our elections are corrupt and we’re helping other counties?
Bring these troops home and deploy them to Philadelphia, Detroit, and Atlanta to start creating honest elections.
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