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Obama Sends 100 US Troops to Uganda to Help Combat Lord’s Resistance Army
abcnews.go ^ | 10/14/11 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 10/14/2011 11:16:50 AM PDT by ColdOne

Two days ago President Obama authorized the deployment to Uganda of approximately 100 combat-equipped U.S. forces to help regional forces “remove from the battlefield” – meaning capture or kill – Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and senior leaders of the LRA.

The forces will ultimately go to Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the permission of those countries.

The president made this announcement in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Friday afternoon, saying 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.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bootsontheground; distraction; military; muslims; obama; obeyme; oogabooga; politics; tapper; taxes; uganda; war
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To: NavyCanDo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army

Just awful is all I can say.


21 posted on 10/14/2011 11:30:41 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: NavyCanDo

Who even cares which group is which? I cannot articulate one single thing in C.A.R., Congo, or Uganda, for which a single American life should be lost.

Disgusting.


22 posted on 10/14/2011 11:31:43 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: ColdOne

Hmmmm - - - ? Ah, but what if “boots” are needed in Kenya?


23 posted on 10/14/2011 11:32:19 AM PDT by Graewoulf ( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
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To: ColdOne

No US troops to fight a Mexican narcoInvasion, but plenty to ensnare in a Ugandan backwater. Niiiiice...!

NEVER watch network TV again. Kill your TV set, long live the new media.


24 posted on 10/14/2011 11:33:55 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: NavyCanDo

The Lord’s Resistance Army is a maniacal apocalyptic cult led by a self-proclaimed Protestant preacher; however, it is like Mormonism, also a Protestant by-product, in that it is a syncretist cult led by a self-proclaimed prophet and simply has a few Christian and OT references in its crazy soup. It is violent and vicious and should be stopped.

But the reason it is called “Resistance” was that its founder saw himself as resisting the Muslims, and the fighting has been mostly between these two groups (although I believe the LRA has also attacked some Christian missions).

However, there are numerous things that should be stopped in Africa and I don’t see why this one is suddenly important enough to merit unilateral intervention by the US. There are no US interests there, except of course for Obama’s personal interests. And now that he regards the US military as existing to carry out his whims, I guess that’s sufficient.


25 posted on 10/14/2011 11:33:55 AM PDT by livius
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To: DesertRhino

Next will be deployments to save endangered sea turtles.


26 posted on 10/14/2011 11:34:29 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: SatinDoll

Uganda, Congo, and CAR,, why do i care which gang is in charge? And why should even **a single** American kid lose his life there?


27 posted on 10/14/2011 11:36:59 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: ColdOne

The LRA are the bad guys. They take children and force them to become soldiers.

The LRA is a terrorist group.

Sam Chliders aka Machine Gun Preacher recused many children from them.

Kony is a bad dude.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord’s_Resistance_Army_insurgency


28 posted on 10/14/2011 11:37:19 AM PDT by moviefan8
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To: ColdOne
F U B O
I hope you choke on a chicken bone tonight a-hole
29 posted on 10/14/2011 11:37:33 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways a Guero y Guay Lao << >> with a floating, shifting, ever changing)
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To: Night Hides Not
100 troops? That’s less than your typical infantry company.

So was the initial contingent in Vietnam, too. Interesting all this slipped under the radar.

30 posted on 10/14/2011 11:38:28 AM PDT by ScottinVA (With "successes" like the Libya adventure, who needs failure?)
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To: SatinDoll

Obama spent $27Million of our tax dollars to help Kenya rewrite its national constitution. No surprise then that the eligibility requirement for the Kenyan presidency was altered so BHO2 is now eligible. He has his bolt hole all ready and waiting!”

Do you think Michelle will go?


31 posted on 10/14/2011 11:38:56 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: SatinDoll

They may call themselves Christian but their actions speak otherwise. Whether they call themselves Christian or Muslim, Africans still engage in tribalism and ethnic cleansing. We don’t need to be involved in this conflict.


32 posted on 10/14/2011 11:39:54 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: circlecity

And just watch, this is the tip of the iceberg. There is a hidden agenda. Because to “support” the troops, we will rebuild the Entebbe airport to USAF standards. Build roads, hospitals, schools, pour in every concievable type of supplies, food, fuel, technology.

100 troops will be supported by the largest cash transfer in recent history.


33 posted on 10/14/2011 11:40:09 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: ColdOne

NO BLOOD FOR (what’s in Uganda anyway?)!!!


34 posted on 10/14/2011 11:40:17 AM PDT by kevao
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To: circlecity

Update: A Defense Department official tells ABC’s Luis Martinez at the Pentagon that the U.S. troops will be in Africa “for a few months in an advisory role.”

Hmmm.....I seem to remember another was in the 60’s that started out with us sending some ‘advisors’ over to help the local military.


35 posted on 10/14/2011 11:41:37 AM PDT by milwguy
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To: ZULU
They need to amend the War Powers Act by creating a “Joint Standing Security Committee”

No way, the President of the United States (Executive Branch) is the only branch of Government that represents the collective will of the American People. Congress only represents the collective will of the states that sent them. That power must remain with the President who will answer directly to the American People, not to the People of individual states.

36 posted on 10/14/2011 11:41:37 AM PDT by txroadkill (Antlers up! The Claw must be feared!)
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To: ColdOne

Thanks for finding that. Rush needs to do a little home work before making comment on his program.

Still we have no National Security Interest in Uganda.


37 posted on 10/14/2011 11:41:37 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: NormsRevenge

I hope the troops going in realize they’re going up against folks who will make Al Qaeda look like Miss June from Romper Room.


38 posted on 10/14/2011 11:42:30 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: NavyCanDo; All

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM229_111014_letterfrompresident.html


39 posted on 10/14/2011 11:42:36 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: moviefan8

“The LRA are the bad guys. They take children and force them to become soldiers.”

And how is that of even the slightest American interest?


40 posted on 10/14/2011 11:43:28 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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