[chechokancho]

Our leaders are I N S A N E

Oct 14, 2011 1:54pmObama Sends 100 US Troops to Uganda to Help Combat Lord’s Resistance Army
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 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.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...sistance-army/

[brraverishhh]

Sometimes even I find myself doing a "book" maneuver and wanting to just post a photo. This seems fitting:

[AmericaAirline 111]

It involves 'national security' which essentially means STFU and mind your own business - nothing to see here.

[brraverishhh]

It involves 'national security' which essentially means STFU and mind your own business - nothing to see here.

It involves 'national security' which essentially means someone is about to make a swimming pool sized load of ca$h!

[AmericaAirline 111]

I suppose if one is a franchisee of the MIC then it's all good, huh?

[brraverishhh]

I suppose if one is a franchisee of the MIC then it's all good, huh?

Meh... making your living off the misery and murder of other people just isn't agreeable to some. Morals and all that...

[AmericaAirline 111]

It's all a matter of perspective. If one is heavily invested in the Culture of Death and Destruction then one knows that if you're going to make an omelet you're going to break a few eggs. What's the big deal??

[brraverishhh]

It's all a matter of perspective. If one is heavily invested in the Culture of Death and Destruction then one knows that if you're going to make an omelet you're going to break a few eggs. What's the big deal??

The "big deal" is coercion and destruction of cognitive beings... which is arguably (philosophically speaking) the ONLY true human "vice" and BY DEFINITION "evil". Evil is not arbitrary or relative... reverse the letters and you get "Live". Evil is opposite of life, the thing (coercion) which destroys life.

But, you already know this... you were undoubtably asking a heavily sarcasm laced rhetorical question!

[ergyuu]

Like they say, " Better to fight them in over in Uganda, than here in the U.S".
Like they say, "if Uganda falls the U.S. is next".

Wonder how many mercs will get sent there in support of these troops ?

[ViaxobbimeVar]

Once again, the wisdom of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in selecting 0bama has been vindicated.

[brraverishhh]

Once again, the wisdom of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in selecting 0bama has been vindicated.

Haven't you heard? War is the new Peace!

[chechokancho]

The military industrial complex simply needs to be fed on a regular basis.

[Savviers]

Here's what kills me. This group has been around for years doing what they're doing. Why stop them NOW?

[Frinzer]

The "big deal" is coercion and destruction of cognitive beings... which is arguably (philosophically speaking) the ONLY true human "vice" and BY DEFINITION "evil". Evil is not arbitrary or relative... reverse the letters and you get "Live". Evil is opposite of life, the thing (coercion) which destroys life.

It ain't no small matter, but its that simple.

I nominate Gaillo for President!!!

[Adiamant]

I they are going to meet that deadline, those troops are going to have to 'pull out' fast in the next two months.


US defense officials say no decision yet on US troop levels in Iraq for next year

By Associated Press, Published: October 12

WASHINGTON — Defense officials are seeking to minimize reports that Iraqi leaders have asked that 5,000 U.S. troops remain in the country after the end of the year, saying negotiations are moving ahead but aren’t finished.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, a spokesman for U.S. Forces-Iraq, said Wednesday that the key question is what missions the troops would be carrying out if they remain, and so far no decisions have been made.

As the negotiations drag on, the U.S. force levels in Iraq have stayed relatively constant, with more than 41,000 troops still on the ground there. And even as some smaller units have pulled out in recent weeks, others, including a combat aviation brigade of at least 2,000 soldiers, are scheduled to go into Iraq this month...

[prpaims]

Meh... making your living off the misery and murder of other people just isn't agreeable to some. Morals and all that...

Uncle Sam wants You ! ... to just think about morals on Sunday.

[sandyphoebetvmaa]

Uganda - - "a grave and growing threat"

[KinicsBonee]

Playing chess

If the us does not get a toe hold there, the Chinese will dominate the minerals mining in that country/continent.

That is my guess.

[T5qYkHWQ]

Uganda - - "a growing grave"

Fixt it for ya

[EvaQWmrm]

The president said that for more than two decades the LRA has been responsible for having “murdered, raped, and kidnapped tens of thousands of men, women, and children in central Africa” and continues to “commit atrocities across the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan that have a disproportionate impact on regional security.”

A senior Defense official says the 100 military personnel will be mostly Special Operations Forces and that they “will be traveling out to field locations in the areas affected by the LRA where they can interact with and advise those forces that are actively pursuing the LRA.” The official stressed, “they will not be engaging in direct combat against the LRA.”

The US has been helping the four African nations counter the LRA for several years by providing local militaries with training and equipment. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo the US helped train a light infantry battalion deployed to fight the LAR and over the last three years in Uganda the US has provided $33 million to help Uganda’s military.

As for how long the US troops will be in the region, a spokesman at US Africa Command says he could not provide specifics, “but our forces are prepared to stay as long as necessary to enable regional security forces to carry on independently.
So we get a toehold in 4 countries. I like Dogman's thought on minerals angle.

What else is important to MIC and the banks in the region?