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Trump administration reportedly considering withdrawal of US troops from Somalia

Nov 22, 2020 11:00 am By Robert Spencer 19 Comments

Did you even know we had troops in Somalia? What conceivable national security interest could they be serving there? None whatsoever, as Senator Roy Blunt makes clear when he says: “In Somalia, the discussion…Somalia and Iraq and Afghanistan…none of those places are nearly as secure if we leave as they are if we’re there.”

Well, that’s a shame, but it is neither possible nor desirable for the United States to expend its resources to make sure that other countries are secure. The armed forces of the United States should be deployed for the defense of the United States, and that is all. Ultimately we will overextend ourselves, particularly now that the apparent president-elect seems determined to force us into a nationwide lockdown that will destroy the economy. Trump’s America-First policy is the only one that will provide for the survival of America as a free nation in the long run.

“Report: Trump admin. planning U.S. troop withdrawal from Somalia,” OAN, November 20, 2020:

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a troop withdrawal in Somalia as part of a larger drawback.

According to U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity this week, President Trump is contemplating bringing the nearly 700 American soldiers home. However, it does not appear these plans are finalized and no official orders have been handed down in Somalia from the U.S. military.

This news follows the President’s draw-down in troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, which is a move facing some criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

“In Somalia, the discussion…Somalia and Iraq and Afghanistan…none of those places are nearly as secure if we leave as they are if we’re there,” stated Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)….

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  1. Florence says

    Nov 22, 2020 at 11:45 am

    Good! About time…

    Reply
  2. Al says

    Nov 22, 2020 at 1:03 pm

    I thought all the Somalis were in the US on welfare, now .

    Reply
    • Keith O says

      Nov 22, 2020 at 6:15 pm

      No AI, There are still some operating the pirate boats off the coast and running the Al Shabab training camps.
      After all, a country has to have some industry!

      Reply
      • Infidel says

        Nov 23, 2020 at 10:39 am

        Actually, piracy of the Somalian coast has been wiped out

        Reply
        • gravenimage says

          Nov 23, 2020 at 8:54 pm

          This is indeed largely the case, Infidel. This is something we shoud be celebrating!

  3. Infidel says

    Nov 22, 2020 at 1:28 pm

    Like some wags suggested on Breitbart, take our entire Somalian community in Minneapolis and send them to replace our troops in Somalia, who in turn, can be stationed in Minneapolis

    Do we still have troops in Niger? Where the death of a US serviceman some years ago made us aware that we did? As Rand Paul noted, ‘You know that we’re in too many places when even Lindsay Graham doesn’t know that we’re there’

    It’s time for Missouri to start looking for a successor to Roy Blunt. In fact, several GOP senators need to be primaried b’cos they still think we ought to be the world’s police

    Reply
    • Norman Gardner says

      Nov 23, 2020 at 8:42 pm

      Having troops in far away places gives us intelligence we would never get otherwise and therefore protects the USA. There are enemies in Somalia and unfortunately we imported some of them such as Omar and her thousands of supporters. This should stop importing more of them and their allies from other areas.

      Reply
      • gravenimage says

        Nov 23, 2020 at 8:55 pm

        We should not be bringing any of these thugs here.

        Reply
  4. Hoi Polloi says

    Nov 22, 2020 at 1:32 pm

    Not usually up on Somalia, but I read recently that the number of our own there would surprise us all. Could not be happier than to see them brought home because it’s the right thing to do. Then there’s the interesting round upon round of bluster that we always get in the press from so many public figures who tell us all the ways Trump is failing us by ending our involvement in these endless wars. In which case, I will choose failure.

    Reply
    • Keith O says

      Nov 22, 2020 at 6:18 pm

      HP, The only one these public figures think they answer to is the arms industry who put money in their greasy back pockets. They are the ones who want the endless wars.

      Reply
      • Hoi Polloi says

        Nov 22, 2020 at 6:35 pm

        Yep.

        Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 22, 2020 at 9:17 pm

      There are 650 to 800 US troops in Somalia, to train the Somali army on anti-terrorism. Talk about a fool’s errand…

      Reply
      • Hoi Polloi says

        Nov 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm

        Aptly named. I fear we’re about to find our country involved in many more of these. Merkel says we must stay and I’m sure she approves of the reverse logic of that training you mention.

        Reply
      • Infidel says

        Nov 22, 2020 at 10:36 pm

        Ask them to certify those Somalian troops as qualified, and then come home! Use the same standards that were used to put Nur Mohammed into the Minneapolis PD (the PD they now wanna abolish!)

        Reply
  5. Infidel says

    Nov 22, 2020 at 2:13 pm

    On a different note, I congratulate JihadWatch on publishing stories from OAN. We need to hear more from OAN and Newsmax, and less from fake news media channels like CNN, Fox, MSNBC, et al

    Reply
    • James Lincoln says

      Nov 22, 2020 at 4:41 pm

      Infidel says,

      I agree, OAN and Newsmax are coming on strong.

      Fox is taking a left turn and moving “mainstream” but still has a few outstanding commentators…

      Reply
      • Infidel says

        Nov 22, 2020 at 4:50 pm

        The only one I was last watching was Tucker Carlson, but after his tiff w/ Sidney Powell, he’s gone as well!

        Reply
  6. somehistory says

    Nov 22, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    Yes. I did know that.

    How will ill omar feel about the troops leaving? Will she gloat or will she whine? Only her devil knows for sure, and he doesn’t know anything except for what is written about him in the Bible…. among those things: he’s evil, he made himself that way, he’s the father of the lie, he has a “short period of time left” and he’s very “angry.” And he makes up false religions and false ‘gods’ in order to be worshipped…as he is the “false god” in every case.

    When that helicopter was shot down…was it during clinton’s time?…and there was such a public outcry over it, most people probably thought that all of the Americans stationed there would come home. And stay away from that place, forever.

    Reply
  7. gravenimage says

    Nov 22, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    Trump administration reportedly considering withdrawal of US troops from Somalia
    ………………

    *Good*, We cannot civilize this Islamic crap hole, any more than we can Afghanistan.

    Reply

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