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Rep. Tim Burchett and Rep. Matt Gaetz: Why are over 500 American troops stationed in Somalia?
twitter ^ | April 27 | Rep. Tim Burchett and Rep. Matt Gaetz

Posted on 04/28/2023 5:25:35 AM PDT by RandFan

@timburchett

Why are over 500 American troops stationed in Somalia. ⁦ @RepMattGaetz and I want to bring them home.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: africa; mattgaetz; somalia; ustroops
Interesting video they're trying to bring them home.
1 posted on 04/28/2023 5:25:35 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I had a relative spend a year there recently. There is stuff going on in Africa that most people in the US have no idea. China is very active in Africa and the US spends time trying to counter that. Plus, the Islamic Terrorists are pretty active there. And this is on top of the usual crazy dictator stuff that always pops up in Central Africa.

And pirates. There are lots of Somali pirates.


2 posted on 04/28/2023 5:38:42 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: RandFan

Why did we lose good men in Mogadishu years ago, including two Delta Force operators? The entirety of Africa should be shut off from the rest of the world and left alone for 100 years.


3 posted on 04/28/2023 5:46:27 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: RandFan

I hope they’re doing what needs to be done and by that I mean bringing personal ventilation to scum that desperately need it. But if they’re processing payoffs to jobiden inc. then I’d say bring them home and turn out the lights on the way out.


4 posted on 04/28/2023 5:50:23 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: wastedyears
The entirety of Africa should be shut off from the rest of the world and left alone for 100 years.

If that happened, where would all of the deserving brides get their diamond rings?

5 posted on 04/28/2023 6:00:20 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: RandFan

A few troops here, a few troops there and pretty soon you’re policing a global empire.

It’s expensive, hard to maintain, and completely unsustainable.


6 posted on 04/28/2023 6:08:45 AM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: unixfox

If that happened, where would all of the deserving brides get their diamond rings?
Have you not heard, they are engineering them now in a lab!!


7 posted on 04/28/2023 6:48:38 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: RandFan

Obama expanded AfriCom, US Military HQ in Africa during his terms.


8 posted on 04/28/2023 6:59:29 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: RandFan

500 troops spend a lot of money locally - maybe the big guy or his ‘no merit’ military leaders’ are getting a cut... kickback...

They’re sure as hell NOT there for the sake of the American people.


9 posted on 04/28/2023 7:03:47 AM PDT by GOPJ (best definition of WOKE/socialism is simply “The endless war against merit. ”Victor Davis Hanson )
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Because that’s where the US moved their bio-warfare labs when the war in Ukraine erupted.


10 posted on 04/28/2023 7:46:31 AM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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Obama expanded AfriCom, US Military HQ in Africa during his terms.

AFRICOM HQ is at Kelley Barracks near Stuttgart, Germany.

11 posted on 04/28/2023 7:55:39 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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AFRICOM HQ is at Kelley Barracks near Stuttgart, Germany.

Yes, I was mistaken saying it was in Africa. But the FACT is that Obama expanded AFRICOM during his administration

12 posted on 04/28/2023 7:57:30 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: RandFan

Those Americans need to be at the border of Mexico and us, not in Africa.


13 posted on 04/28/2023 8:39:16 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: RandFan

To set off a revolt if it somehow benefits are political class.


14 posted on 04/28/2023 8:52:09 AM PDT by Kazan
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"Why are over 500 American troops stationed in Somalia"

Seems reasonable... They are just protecting future Minnesota residents...

15 posted on 04/28/2023 12:01:15 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: unixfox

Diamond rings are useless and mean nothing.


16 posted on 04/28/2023 6:29:49 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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