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Originally Posted by CalHunter
Why haven't we heard about this and why did Obama do this in the first place?
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With all the other stuff you have going on - you probably just missed it. It didn't get a lot of press at the time - but Fox News featured it on Oct,14.Google - obama sends troops to Central Africa.
The stated reason - was to act as - (non fighting advisers) to help the Ugandan army find and neutralize this rebel leader Joseph Cony - A rebel who has been looting and pillaging all over the area and has killed a whole bunch of people over the years and is a destabilizing force in the area and therefore - is a threat to US interests in the area. Another reason that no one said much about - is that we want to raise our profile in Africa as a counter to the Chinese, who are showing an awful lot of interest in the African continent lately and have already invested quite heavily there.
Apparently - This Cony character started out as a legitimate rebel with some sort of axe to grind with the govt. but has since, lost a lot of his army and has turned into a looting - pillaging criminal who travels even to neighboring states to do his bloody work - and they are all hunting him and his group.
Personally - I think the administration kept it pretty quiet because it would not have been real popular - sending more of our troops into harms way again when there was no real threat to our country.
He did however, run it through Congress before he did it.
Back in October
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58th state - that's a good one!
