bmags Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 ??? What the f***? http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/1172 We define the Lord's Resistance Army as a Terrorist Group. They are in Uganda? I think. Lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 What The Hell? Two days ago, the U.S. deployed combat troops to central Africa to serve as advisers to regional forces battling the Lord's Resistance Army. News of the deployment came a few minutes ago in a letter dated today from President Obama to John Boehner (R-OH), speaker of the House, and Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), president pro tempore of the Senate. The letter was released publicly by the White House. A total of 100 combat-equipped troops will eventually be deployed, with the rest being dispatched in the coming days, according to the letter. "However, although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense," Obama writes. We'll have more on this surprise move and what exactly the LRA is shortly. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011...l.php?ref=fpblg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I'll let you guess which luminary chose to step in to defend the "Lord's Resistance Army" based on their name, since they're obviously Christians...without at least first checking their Wikipedia entry. Not to say "it's not the U.S.'s business", btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 My first guess was this was a liberal attack on Rush Limbaugh, so I started searching the net, assuming I would find what Rush really said. Checking http://www.rushlimbaugh.com first I came upon this transcript http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/10/...gets_christians wow, I'll bet Rush wants that one back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I guess his Nobel Peace Prize was getting bored and needed to be involved in yet another war. Do you think Code Pink will protest THIS one? They still stuck on Bush and Cheney, but wont say a peep about der komander getting us involved in even more conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 16, 2011 -> 01:53 PM) I guess his Nobel Peace Prize was getting bored and needed to be involved in yet another war. Do you think Code Pink will protest THIS one? They still stuck on Bush and Cheney, but wont say a peep about der komander getting us involved in even more conflicts. What is this, 6, 7 countries we're now actively fighting/bombing? I'm war-protested-out. Maybe a top tier tax hike and a few large banks broken up would reenergize me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Here is what's odd to me. I'm fairly certain that at any given time, the US has military assets in small numbers in probably a dozen or more countries around the globe, doing things much like this. What seems to be different here is, we're announcing it. So the question really should be, why were we told about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 16, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) Here is what's odd to me. I'm fairly certain that at any given time, the US has military assets in small numbers in probably a dozen or more countries around the globe, doing things much like this. What seems to be different here is, we're announcing it. So the question really should be, why were we told about this one? The President notified Congress of this, meaning either the Speaker of the House decided to leak it (unlikely) or they consider this a large enough campaign that it couldn't be simply run as a "Black Ops" move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 You gotta wonder what we found in OBL's compound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 hey look over here! I wonder what we are doing over there ------------------------------------------------> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 By the way...apparently Congress actually authorized the President to take steps including military against the LRA last year in the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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