Is it really America’s job to solve all the world’s problems? What difference can fewer than 500 troops make, anyway? With America suffering from so very many problems at home, is this really the best use of the nation’s resources? Or is it all just to make sure that the military-industrial complex continues to show a profit for all concerned?
“Biden approves plan to redeploy US troops to Somalia,” by Natasha Bertrand, CNN, May 16, 2022:
(CNN)President Joe Biden has approved a request by the Pentagon to redeploy US troops to Somalia in an effort to counter the terrorist group al-Shabaab, a senior administration official said on Monday.
The move reverses a decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw all US troops from the country in 2020.
The US will reposition US forces in east Africa and move to restore a US military presence in Somalia in consultation with the Somali government, the official told reporters on Monday. The official said “under 500” troops will be sent back into the country but declined to provide a precise number. He emphasized, however, that the Pentagon “will not be restoring the full contingent of operators present in Somalia before” the previous administration’s withdrawal, which was about 750 military personnel.
The official described the Trump administration’s withdrawal as “abrupt and sudden,” and said that al-Shabaab “has unfortunately only grown stronger” since then.
“We have seen, regrettably, clear evidence that al Shabaab has the intent and capability to target Americans,” the official said, noting that the group had killed over a dozen Americans in east Africa in recent years, including three at a US military base in Kenya in early 2020….
somehistory says
So the al shabab kill Americans in african nations, and the solution is to send in more Americans to one of the worst mozlum nations. Only in a bizzarro world would that make sense..
Members of al shabab have come into this country for years…one reason so many in MN are all for their evil brand of conduct erroneously referred to as “law.” One reason for the mozlum gangs that roam free and attack citizens in the streets; …
attacking citizens in the streets is what al shabab does in somalia;..it works well for them there as they drive around in trucks to kill citizens and recruit members…whom they pay to. join….
and i. elmi keeps getting praise and the reason she was ‘voted’ into office…because al shabab is in MN
Send some troops there. 500 might be enough
Infidel says
Great. Now they can bring another few million Somalis to the US, and 30 years from now, we can have our next Ilhan Omar. Seriously, why can’t we send Ilhan Omar instead to get all those warring factions together to talk, instead of sending troops who will be seen by the locals as aliens and opposed virulently?
somehistory says
More than a decade ago, the FBI was trying to figure out how to keep al shabab out of the country. They never did figure it out and the hordes just keep coming.
john smith says
Infidel, I’m with you on that one sending Ilhan Omar back there. And I can reassure you there are millions more like us.
Pierre Delecto says
I put Joe Biden into the Mandarin Translator and it came back “the American Sun Tzu”. Who knew?
Joe’s mastery of finances, geopolitics, diplomacy, and now, generalship [ !! ] locks in a sunny future as a deadbang certainty.
Trust me on this one.
BTW, I’m sitting this one out in Samoa. Good luck.
somehistory says
One look at the faces of the guys in the photo….they seem him as we do. Unfortunately, they have sworn to obey their cic
PMK says
“The US will reposition US forces in east Africa and move to restore a US military presence in Somalia in consultation with the Somali government, the official told reporters on Monday.”
To what end? Another Democrat war? Hey, maybe Hunter has invested in Somalia!
Somalia is a sovereign nation. Its government should be responsible for the safety of its people. If not, maybe it should be absorbed by a neighboring state.
The best thing our government could do would be to issue a travel advisory. Americans enter Somalia at their own risk and no one from Somalia can even set foot in the US without diplomatic status..
john smith says
This Biden administration intends to reverse anything Trump has put in place. Good or bad it has to go, simply because it’s a Trump policy. That’s the way of the DemonRats.
Pierre Delecto says
It makes one glad Trump didn’t sponsor a program for the extirpation of venereal disease.
mortimer says
The Biden administration reverses the military policies of the previous government with little rationale.
The visible weakness of the fraudulent US president has emboldened terrorists worldwide.
This obvious weakness has been costly and catastrophically dangerous for the US, NATO and many other countries.
Peace can only be maintained through strength.
gravenimage says
Biden reverses Trump withdrawal, sends U.S. troops back to Somalia
…………
Utter madness. The “official” Somalian government, which barely controls Mogadishu, is almost as bad as Al Shebaab.
Do we want another Black Hawk Down or worse?
Major in Pain says
Who the Hell is Creepy Uncle Joe’s military advisor – Bill Clinton? Things worked out real well for our troops when Clinton did the same thing… Unless Biden wants to create more Ilhan Omar’s, there is absolutely no rationale to deploy US personnel to a country that’s been in perpetual Civil War since it’s existence. Send the LGBTQ Battalion, they’ll be well received…
David M says
Hey, you’re 30 trillion & rising in debt, you’re stuffed whatever way you look at it.