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2022-05-31 Africa Horn

What prompted the US decision to redeploy troops in Somalia?

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-31 01:40|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

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The 2 Reasons I quickly See:

#1 Keep the narrow chokepoint of Bab el-Mandeb, leading to or from the Suez Canal, semi-safe. So that about 9.7% of the US consumed OIL & 3rd World produced goods can flow.

#2 Mid-Terms and the badly needed backdoor Big $$$$$ donations.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-05-31 07:12|| 2022-05-31 07:12|| Front Page Top

#2 The need for Biden to Do Something™? Beltway Shenanigans?

Posted by magpie 2022-05-31 09:17|| 2022-05-31 09:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Easier to covertly assist al shababoob with a presence in country.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-31 09:39|| 2022-05-31 09:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Disperse the armed forces so when Jo-jo's master invaded Taiwan, there'll be nothing to stop them.

Posted by Mercutio 2022-05-31 09:41|| 2022-05-31 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 They’re reversing everything President Trump did as quickly as they can organize it, as a matter of principle.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-31 10:31|| 2022-05-31 10:31|| Front Page Top

#6 'Well Captain, are my methods unsound?'

'Method?, I don't see any method at all.'

Posted by Cesare 2022-05-31 11:28|| 2022-05-31 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 The overall goal is to stabilize the country, contain and weaken al-Shabaab, and build an effective set of state institutions.

Oh, so in other words, an impossible set of goals that will never be met, ensuring that this profitable war will go on forever.

Posted by Bertie Lumumba1577 2022-05-31 16:01|| 2022-05-31 16:01|| Front Page Top

#8 sounds about right bertie.

Posted by Chris 2022-05-31 16:10|| 2022-05-31 16:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Commuting to war can be a drag. What if we set up FOBs in Minneapolis and Fort Wayne? Would we be more effective at keeping a large number of Somalis safe? We’ve been trying to restore order in Somalia since HW Bush was president. If someone can propose a coherent plan for restoring order in Somalia or Haiti, I am all ears. It looks like the best recipe is to install a brutal regime. I guess that’s where we ended up by default in Afghanistan. If this is some kind of QRF to help out “allies,” I can see that. If we are running guns to Syria again that is not OK.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-05-31 16:46|| 2022-05-31 16:46|| Front Page Top

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