US to send troops to Uganda to help fight LRA rebels

Gerald · 10-14-11, 05:05 PM

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US President Barack Obama has said he is sending about 100 US soldiers to Uganda to help regional forces battle the notorious Lord's Resistance Army.Although combat-equipped, the troops would be providing information and advice "to partner nation forces", Mr Obama wrote in a letter to US Congress.A small group is already in Uganda, and the troops could later be deployed in other central African nations.The LRA is blamed for mass murder, rape and kidnapping in the region.'Kill or capture'"I have authorised a small number of combat-equipped US forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward the removal of (LRA leader) Joseph Kony from the battlefield," Mr Obama wrote on Friday.But he stressed that "although the US forces are combat-equipped... they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defence".Mr Obama did not provide any details about the deployment duration, but a US military spokesman later told the BBC that the "forces are prepared to stay as long as necessary to enable regional security forces to carry on independently"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15317684

Note: 14 October 2011 Last updated at 21:01 GMT

Platapus · 10-14-11, 05:12 PM

Swell.

And what exactly is in Uganda that is worth a single American life?

http://www.afrol.com/articles/21834

"Uganda becomes oil producer"

Oh, figured there had to be a reason.

Lemme guess there are tired poor huddled masses yearning to be free that happen to be on top of valuable oil reserves.

Swell, just swell.

Gerald · 10-14-11, 05:22 PM

There are many problems with sending troops, even if it seems innocuous on paper ... it could easily be more, and then it will be conflicts and problems,

these kinds of auctions should be solved in another way.

Jimbuna · 10-14-11, 05:40 PM

Someone found oil there?

Gerald · 10-14-11, 05:51 PM

They have gold and other minerals.

Tchocky · 10-14-11, 06:01 PM

Troops for oil costs more than it's worth. We've all seen that with Iraq, whether you believe that was the motive or not. I don't think the math works out.

It's always a good idea to fight against something like the LRA. Whether it works with your countrys foreign policy or internal politics is a different matter. Also whether the role of the troops is what you say it is - well that's another matter again.

MothBalls · 10-14-11, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Someone found oil there?

There's oil there?

BOMB THEM!

yubba · 10-14-11, 06:07 PM

Yet they said that about Vietnam, Iraq, Lybia, Yemen, I feel that I'm missing some one, hate to think they find oil in Mexico.

10-14-11, 05:12 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Swell. And what exactly is in Uganda that is worth a single American life? http://www.afrol.com/articles/21834 "Uganda becomes oil producer" Oh, figured there had to be a reason. Lemme guess there are tired poor huddled masses yearning to be free that happen to be on top of valuable oil reserves. Swell, just swell. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-14-11, 05:22 PM	#3
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	There are many problems with sending troops, even if it seems innocuous on paper ... it could easily be more, and then it will be conflicts and problems, these kinds of auctions should be solved in another way. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-14-11, 05:40 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Someone found oil there? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-14-11, 05:51 PM	#5
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	They have gold and other minerals. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-14-11, 06:01 PM	#6
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Troops for oil costs more than it's worth. We've all seen that with Iraq, whether you believe that was the motive or not. I don't think the math works out. It's always a good idea to fight against something like the LRA. Whether it works with your countrys foreign policy or internal politics is a different matter. Also whether the role of the troops is what you say it is - well that's another matter again. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Yet they said that about Vietnam, Iraq, Lybia, Yemen, I feel that I'm missing some one, hate to think they find oil in Mexico.