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I say we start with the most evil.
Why do you want to "appease" the evil in all those other places then?
I dont believe that was the question.
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I think it has something to do with Africa.
I say we start with the most evil.
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Feeling guilty about something?
`Despite your implication not at all. But to a hammer the world is nails, eh?
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A guilty conscience is it's own accuser. It would not be the first time the right objected to US troops in Africa.
Knowledge is a good thing in and of itself. However, I AM NOT advocating that anyone put on the uniform and accept the risk that you are talking about. Ask your question to those who are advocating such a thing.
`Cool story bro. Way to go dude.
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Let's see...the right objected to Obama sending US troops to Liberia to help contain the Ebola breakout and they objected to Obama sending in troops to Uganda to help hunt down the "Lords Resistance Army"
I dont believe that was the question.
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Let's see...the right objected to Obama sending US troops to Liberia to help contain the Ebola breakout and they objected to Obama sending in troops to Uganda to help hunt down the "Lords Resistance Army"
What do you recommend we do about Boko Haram in Nigeria which is becoming ever more bold and dangerous? What do you recommend we do about groups like the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda and DR Congo which have become ever more bold and dangerous? What should we do about the narcotics gangs in Mexico? They behead more people than ISIS, should we go into Mexico with boots on the ground? What about the drug cartels in Columbia? Depending on the year violence is either the number 1 or number 2 cause of death in Columbia so should we go in there? As a comparison violence still doesn't even make the top 20 causes of death in Iraq.
Point being the world is still a place that has a lot of very dangerous groups in it, many of them of them so brutal they make ISIS practically look like peaceniks. So why do we need to significantly intervene in Iraq again but not these other places?
I'm thinking they volunteered.
Kinda of the definition of a 100% volunteer force, right?
The fact we have ISIS to contend with today is a direct result of our putting "boots on the ground" in Iraq in the first place back in 2003. ISIS is estimated to be about 30,000 fighters or so. The Iraqi Armed Forces has 271,500 active members and over 500,000 in reserve. So why can't they defeat ISIS in their own country? It is because the Iraqi government is so corrupt and ineffectual that they can't. We could go in there and somehow miraculously kill every member of ISIS overnight, and in a little time another bunch of Islamists would spring up and take their place. Gosh if only Iraq were ruled by some brutal strongman dictator that could brutally suppress groups like ISIS before they gained any power…..
The "right"? Every single one ??
President Bush signed into law an agreement to assist the Ugandan government to fight the LRA and sent in military advisors to assist them.
When Obama proposed a law to further assist Uganda in stopping the LRA, it passed both the Senate and House unanimously.
Sounds like you get your information from the wrong places.
Kinda of the definition of a 100% volunteer force, right?
'direct result of our putting "boots on the ground" in Iraq', maybe true, or may not be true.
I reserve judgement and opinion on this before I see a bit more about a direct causal / effect being demonstrated.
ISIS is the new name for Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al Qaeda in Iraq did not exist until we deposed Saddam and attempted to democratize Iraq.
a) The "right"? Every single one ??
b) President Bush signed into law an agreement to assist the Ugandan government to fight the LRA and sent in military advisors to assist them.
c) When Obama proposed a law to further assist Uganda in stopping the LRA, it passed both the Senate and House unanimously.
d) Sounds like you get your information from the wrong places.
a) In general, YES. But you must excuse me. I seem to be catching the RW disease of "generalizing."
b) True enough. He sent 17 advisers and a few million bucks to Uganda to help fight Kory. But even then, he took flack from the right for that.
c) So? Members of the RW were complaining like H nonetheless.
d) And you, conversely.
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