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2014-01-12 Africa Horn

U.S. military secretly sent team of advisors to Somalia

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Posted by Steve White 2014-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

179 days isn't so bad, and we'll be TDY. Back to Okinawa in no time at all. This shouldn't last long.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-12 03:13|| 2014-01-12 03:13|| Front Page Top

#2 1950, Truman, MAAG, Vietnam....deja vu?

Posted by Glenmore 2014-01-12 08:46|| 2014-01-12 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 On a good day, the Somali government exercises true sovereign authority and control of many city blocks of Mogadishu. To aid its "government" in any way is essentially a way to pour money into another African shi*£hole with utterly meaningless effect on strategic US interests.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2014-01-12 12:54|| 2014-01-12 12:54|| Front Page Top

#4 They weren't advisors, they were there to see if they could copy the culture to raise the standard of living in Detroit.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-01-12 15:44|| 2014-01-12 15:44|| Front Page Top

#5 ...Glenmore, with the current class of A$$-Clowns now running our foreign policy "show," Vu Déjà (the feeling you have never seen something before) is more like it...

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-01-12 18:25|| 2014-01-12 18:25|| Front Page Top

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