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Africa Horn
Biden to send US Special Forces to Somalia in war against Al-Shabaab
2021-06-19
In which an overexcited Puntland reporter treats New York Times RUMINT as if it were solid information.
[Garowe] A contingent of Special Forces from the United States army could be sent
...translation: possibly...
to Somalia in coming weeks, it has now emerged, just weeks after former President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
 withdrew soldiers serving in the war-torn nation.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  

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Agreed.
With Africa comprised of 50+ nations, why does the USA need to be in Africa? Why isn't the African Union stepping in an helping?

The $$$$ wasted in Africa could better be used here in any US Large Metro area.
Where we have US Citizens and families living in absolute squalor. Think of what those wasted $$$ Billions could do here where it is actually needed and could be LOANED, not given, to qualified persons seeking a Leg up and willing to work at improving their lives and not coast along on the Voter Plantation?


There is also is other train of thought:
Because RUSSIA-IRAN/CHINA is making strong African in-roads and the USA Political Donors need to stake out some territorial areas to protect interests like to oil in the Gulf of Aden / Horn of Africa area? No to mention Uranium mining activities.

eg.... Uranium exploration and mining in Somalia have been hindered by the Al-Shabaab militia group which has captured some of the main deposits, especially in the Galmudug region. The group has been accused of illegally exporting Uranium to Iran in exchange for weapons.

So is this another way of keeping IRAN from getting more NUKE material?
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-19 10:23  

#4  Send them to pacify Somalis and Wakandans in Minneapolis.
Or Chicago
Or New York or [insert name of deep-Blue Wakandan-infested US shithole here]
Posted by: Sheamble Whineper7882   2021-06-19 10:15  

#3  Afri solutions for Afri problems.

The African Union (AO) is comprised of 55 member nations. Stay out of it. Life Magazine cover from Feb 1966. Fighting terrorists in the Congo. Nothing in that region has changed in half a century. Nothing is likely to ever change there.

I believe I remember an operation in Oct 1993 in which U.S. special forces were deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia to destabilize the government and bring food and humanitarian aid to the starving population. How did that turn out ?

55 States (September 2018) – Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau. Kenya, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-19 06:44  

#2  

Last time a Liberal President (Oct 3rd/4th 1993) sent SFOD's to Somalia I lost 2 friends I worked around.

I hope this time around they are allowed to do more than have their skills wasted playing UN Peace Keeper for political showboating.

Besides ... What vital Nation Interest does the USA have in Africa? A Continent in a TRIBAL WAR for 2,500+ years. A BLACK Continent that still practices Slavery, Pillaging (looting) and murders of each other.

Or does Harris/Pelosi/biden see ANTI-FArt and BLOM need replacements already?

Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-19 06:32  

#1  We can't abandon the exercise until at least some prospect of success is in sight. Plus, a lot of good folks have to publicly stand with us.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2021-06-19 06:21  

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