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2006-02-03 Africa Subsaharan

Liberians Unite to Join U.S.-Trained Army

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Posted by Steve White 2006-02-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is this really a good idea? Training foreign armies with good U.S. techniques? What happens when they get used against us?

Posted by gromky">gromky 2006-02-03 03:44|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2006-02-03 03:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Training an African 'army' of any sort, north of the Orange River..... bad juju Bwana, bad, bad juju.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-02-03 07:57|| 2006-02-03 07:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Could backfire. Or, it could prove to be one element in a rebuilt Liberia. A professional army is a big step forward from warlords using ragged kids to kill other kids.

Posted by lotp 2006-02-03 11:13|| 2006-02-03 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 The thing is, an American-style army only works when the troops work as a cohesive whole. Where it might turn out to have been a bad idea to train them, they won't be able to effectively use the skills against us anyway.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-03 18:47|| 2006-02-03 18:47|| Front Page Top

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