Obama sending combat troops to central Africa to aid fight against rebels

CNN ^ | October 14th, 2011 | CNN

[Berlin_Freeper]

President Obama has deployed combat troops to central Africa to aid in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army. In a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, Obama says 12 troops with "appropriate combat equipment" were deployed on October 12 and approximately 100 in total will be deployed including a second combat team and headquarters, communications and logistics personnel. The forces will provide information and advise and assist "select partner nation forces," Obama explains. The troops will not fight except in self-defense. The full letter is after the jump.

[rawhide]

How does the LRA affect our national interest, enough for obamma to send troops? Seems that the Syrian people need our help more? And then we need to mention the Iranian people need our help also. Shall I go on?

[Sparky21555]

One more question to add, who will or Special Forces be training? muzzies?

[Sparky21555]

or=our

[DBrow]

“Now we are helping Muslims kill people.”

Didn’t we do that in Kosovo?

[TheThirdRuffian]

The LRA is kind of a goofy Protestant Christian group, fighting a purely internal war in Uganda.

This is None of Our Business.

[Vaquero]

Obama killing Christians in favor of Muslims

keep yer powder dry...we could be next....

[TexasRepublic]

A bad move. There are trouble spots in most of the world. We should not walk out of our way to step into every sh!t pile out there.

[loboinok]

http://inhofe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=039016be-bef0-0770-4f0e-3bcacdd69097

[EBH]

And we need to be involved because...?

[Dengar01]

Some wars more equal than others?

This is the 4th War we are now in??? I thought Zero was the anti-war candidate he's doubled the amount of wars we are in!!!

[NoNAIS]

It’s Friday.

(makes as much sense as anything else)

[penelopesire]

“....Obama, take out all the little guys he set up who are getting too comfy and then consolidating power under Obama.”

Sounds like a good idea. Obama can move to Africa and become a tin pot dictator there,instead of here...lol! I fear he won’t go for that though...he wants to rule the whole world with a marxist fist.

[LowTaxesEqualsProsperity]

The piece of crap has now gotten us involved in an Uganadan civil war, which has been going on for decades, can you believe it?

[American Quilter]

Obama sending combat troops to central Africa to get Fast and Furious out of the headlines.

Oh, NOW it makes sense.

[TigersEye]

The forces will provide information and advise and assist "select partner nation forces," Obama explains. The troops will not fight except in self-defense.

Isn't that how Vietnam got started?

[SF_Redux]

exactly, lbj only sent 150 at first

[SF_Redux]

that gave him more time for his father-inlaw to arrange ships to haul everything over there

[TigersEye]

We are still in Iraq and Afghanistan, so that's two. Then he got us into Libya and a secret war in Yemen. That's three and four. So this would be war #5.

Not counting the war he's trying to start with Mexico. And maybe Iran.

[Impy]

Hi Art! How you doin?

[Impy]

I hope none of our people die in that craphole.