To: rellimpank
"saying that “deploying these U.S. Armed Forces furthers U.S. national security interests"
Exactly how does this further U.S. national security interests. Do we trade anything with Uganda? Are they a regional partner with us? Enquiring minds want to know.
To: Old Teufel Hunden
It doesn’t further U.S. interests. Uganda DOES border Kenya, so think bloodlines.
8 posted on
02/15/2012 11:36:13 AM PST by
mrmeyer
("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
We could import disease and genocide...
12 posted on
02/15/2012 11:40:30 AM PST by
EEGator
To: Old Teufel Hunden
“Exactly how does this further U.S. national security interests.”
There are untapped oil reserves there and removal of oil producers that don't want to play nice,economically speaking. Namely Iran who now accepts euros as well as rupees for their oil instead of only dollars. Israel will move on Iran soon and the ME will get very hot for awhile so we are looking to cultivate other sources of oil for the future and hopefully displace China in the process.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Sudan#Oilhttp://www.economist.com/node/1582578026 posted on
02/15/2012 12:31:33 PM PST by
Polynikes
(Hakkaa Palle)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
You might want to do a little research.
That the LRA are terrorist, there is no doubt.
Oh, and right next door is this country called the Democratic Republic of Congo. There they mine lots of uranium.
Terrorist and Uranium. Does that further U.S. national interest?
33 posted on
02/15/2012 12:53:24 PM PST by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
“Exactly how does this further U.S. national security interests. Do we trade anything with Uganda? Are they a regional partner with us? Enquiring minds want to know.”
I assume Zero has already started talking to Congress about getting War Powers Act authorization.
To: Old Teufel Hunden; All
If I’m not mistaken, Uganda sent troops to Somalia to fight
the Al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabaab basically for us. This is our repaying them. Quid pro quo, one might say. Also, there’s Uranium and Oil in that part of Africa.
36 posted on
02/15/2012 3:13:54 PM PST by
Jacob Kell
(Osama/Obama the only difference is BS.)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
Do we trade anything with Uganda? Bodies. We utilized them as guards in at our bases in Iraq. They were cheap, and your tax dollars paid for that poor excuse of security.
IMO, this is a ploy by SOCEUR and AfriCom to make a name for themselves, much like was done in the Philippines in 04-05.
38 posted on
02/15/2012 5:37:46 PM PST by
Sarajevo
(Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental)
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