Obama sends US combat troops to Uganda

[european]

Obama sends US combat troops to Uganda

US president says he is deploying 100 combat troops to Uganda to help efforts against Lord's Resistance Army rebels.

read more at:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111014174712102972.html

How many wars does that man wants to be in at the same time?

 

[phill4paul]

how many kenetic-military-actions does that man wants to be in at the same time?

ftfy

 

[bluesc]

The US troops, subject to the approval of national authorities, could also deploy from Uganda into South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Obama said in a message to Congress.

He is gonna free the shit out of Africa.

 

[tfurrh]

Here's his letter to Boehner

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/...-troops-to-central-africa-to-aid-rebel-fight/

I have directed this deployment, which is in the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive. I am making this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148). I appreciate the support of the Congress in this action.

 

[Cowlesy]

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[tfurrh]

Bump. Can we get a little more outrage in here?

 

[jmdrake]

So now under the "Obama doctrine" we're going to invade every country that has a human rights problem which includes at least half the African continent?

By the way, the LRA could have been whupped long ago if the Ugandan government would just let the people arm themselves with guns for self defense instead of bows and arrows.

http://unmis.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=598&ctl=Details&mid=2748&ItemID=4895

While hundreds of Southern Sudanese have been forced into the ranks of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) against their will, others are joining self-defense units in Western Equatoria State to repulse attacks launched by the infamous rebel group against their towns and villages.

The units have sprung up in response to a decree issued by Western Equatoria Governor Jemma Nunu Kumba earlier this year, urging civilians to confront LRA insurgents who have targeted rural communities in retaliation for a joint military offensive against the rebels that began on 14 December 2008.

Popularly known as “arrow boys,” these young men get their nickname from the bows, arrows and other traditional weapons they use to fend off LRA marauders.
Their arsenal includes clubs treated with thick, black powder that is supposedly poisonous. The use of such weapons dates back several generations, according to Maridi County Commissioner Mathias Boyi Onzi.

“We thought we could use our boys instead of the army to stop the killing of our innocent people,” explained Onzi. “The arrow boys are very effective because they can move at night and go to locations where the soldiers can’t go.

The commissioner said that arrow boys have been deployed at 18 different locations inside Maridi County in groups of up to 35, adding that they do not fall under the command of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army.

It’s not just youngsters who are heeding the state governor’s call to arms. Mboroko village elder Jima Gbandi has ordered his neighbors to rise up against the ruthless foot soldiers of LRA leader Joseph Kony.

“Our people were attacked and killed like dogs, and a baby was taken and thrown into a fire,” said Gbandi. “That is why I have organized our youths and armed them with machetes, axes and knives to face the LRA.”

Among their successes, arrow boys fought off rebels on 12 March in Andari, killing three and scattering the rest, noted Charles Kifanda, worldwide Chairperson of the Zande community. And state driver James Ezadin attested that the vigilantes clashed with the LRA on 28 March in Sangua village, Nzara county, killing four of them.

But although the self-defense units have driven off small groups of rebels in some instances, the menace posed by the insurgents continues to disrupt life in Southern Sudanese state.

Hundreds of Ibba County residents uprooted by LRA attacks now live in the bush under mango trees with little or no access to clean water and toilet facilities.
“Food is a problem,” says John Venasio Gala, the Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission deputy secretary for Ibba County. “There is too much suffering in Ibba due to displacement by the LRA.”

Over 1,300 internally displaced Sudanese have poured into the town of Ibba since last February, nearly two-thirds of them coming from the nearby payam (township) of Nambia, which is located five kilometers away from the county seat.

One of the homeless is Zanjia John, a Nambia resident who witnessed the abduction of seven children from neighboring houses during an LRA raid on his village earlier this year.

“Our house was burned down,and we survive on cassava leaves,” said Zanjia. While he wants more protection from security forces to ward off future rebel forays, Zanjia is prepared to fight the LRA with the traditional weaponry already in his possession.

“I have bows and arrows to protect myself and my family from the tong tong,” he said.

 

[phill4paul]

Bump. Can we get a little more outrage in here?

i think I reached my quota this week. It's been a tough one.

 

[Yieu]

Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Uganda, ____?

 

[jmdrake]

Bump. Can we get a little more outrage in here?

This is what's crazy. One of my arguments against Bush's supposed "humanitarian" excuse for Iraq was if that was true then why didn't he send troops to Uganda? That situation is unique in that most of the population is united in its hatred for Joseph Kony. And low and behold was does "messiah" Obama do? He sends troops to Uganda. The situation in Uganda is not one of "regime change" of the current government or even "civil war". It's a situation where the government has left the northern part of the country virtually defenseless and at the mercy of an armed criminal gang. The people could solve this problem themselves if they had guns.

 

[TC95]

Well, technically, Obama is supposed to get permission from Congress before sending our troops off somewhere, but nobody has ever gone after a president for NOT doing that, so it's ok. I heard it from a blonde girl at Fox News.

 

[slamhead]

"I believe that deploying these U.S. armed forces furthers U.S. national security interests and foreign policy and will be a significant contribution toward counter-LRA efforts in central Africa."

How the F*$@ are people running around the jungles of Uganda with AKs a threat to our national security? This man is dangerous.

 

[brushfire]

Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Uganda, ____?

Iran, Iraq, and by then, North Korea, Mexico, and the final front will be our own soil (we should have a lot of so called "Domestic Terrorists" at that point)

 

[STEVEN SEVERINO]

http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/50C33.txt

Quote:


-STATUTE- (a) Congressional declaration It is the purpose of this chapter to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations. (b) Congressional legislative power under necessary and proper clause Under article I, section 8, of the Constitution, it is specifically provided that the Congress shall have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution, not only its own powers but also all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer hereof. (c) Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.-SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-148, Sec. 2, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 555.)

"QUO Warranto"

 

[hillbilly123069]

I read somewhere this is a 'christian' army that Barry is sending troops to fight, I mean advise on dealing with. Anyone else heard that?
IMPEACH!!IMPEACH!IMPEACH!!

 

[BattleFlag1776]

This is what's crazy. One of my arguments against Bush's supposed "humanitarian" excuse for Iraq was if that was true then why didn't he send troops to Uganda? That situation is unique in that most of the population is united in its hatred for Joseph Kony. And low and behold was does "messiah" Obama do? He sends troops to Uganda. The situation in Uganda is not one of "regime change" of the current government or even "civil war". It's a situation where the government has left the northern part of the country virtually defenseless and at the mercy of an armed criminal gang. The people could solve this problem themselves if they had guns.

Don't forget that Samantha Power, who just happens to head up the US Office of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, is a firm believer that any internal "crisis" will lead to genocide and that the only way to combat that impending genocide is to intervene militarily (She in fact sees humanitarian missions as the only reason to have a military). Just as she was one of the chief architects of Libya, I wouldn't be surprised to find that this mess has her fingerprints all over it.

 

[Elwar]

 

[slamhead]

"I have directed this deployment, which is in the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations.....

"foreign relations" - really is that what the definition of war is now?

 

[Pericles]

So now under the "Obama doctrine" we're going to invade every country that has a human rights problem which includes at least half the African continent?

By the way, the LRA could have been whupped long ago if the Ugandan government would just let the people arm themselves with guns for self defense instead of bows and arrows.

Can't give that enough rep. But the board thinks otherwise "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to jmdrake again."

 

[flightlesskiwi]

I read somewhere this is a 'christian' army that Barry is sending troops to fight, I mean advise on dealing with. Anyone else heard that?
IMPEACH!!IMPEACH!IMPEACH!!

i've just started researching, but it seems as though the LRA was started in response to the islamists (especially in Northern Sudan) and their rape and murdering of the animist tribes (and christians) in the South (and throughout that whole region.

it would seem, if one does a check on who has control of the governments in those countries, they aren't secular, they are muslim controlled. and jihad has been going on for a long time in central africa against the animist tribes.

edit: sudan has oil. so does uganda now: http://www.afrol.com/articles/21834