The US dropped troops in Uganda too. 100 whole troops to hunt down and kill enemies of the current regime. I THINK that means the currant Ugandan regime.
A few years ago, the US enlisted African allies like the Ugandans to take care of business in Somalia. They are taking care of the business in Mogadishu to the best of their ability.
Today it is payback time. Are you so naive as to believe that America can make demands on its allies armed forces (Al Shabab in Somalia) without allies making similar demands on the US armed forces.
Well, the Lords Resistance Army is Uganda's number 1 national security challenge. It is a cult led by a mad man with no logical political aims. If you want Ugandan, Rwandan and Burundian soldiers to do the work that you'd loathe to send US Marines to do, then you've got to get used to this sort of thing.
Secondly, you probably haven't read the US Congress bill on the LRA. I am quoting a report from IPS last year
The U.S. Congress has cleared legislation requiring President Barack Obama to devise a strategy over the next six months to help capture the leadership of the Lord's Revolutionary Army (LRA) and protect the civilian population in four eastern and central African countries from its rampages.