Obama Sending Combat Troops to Africa

[Don]

http://nation.foxnews.com/africa/2011/10/14/obama-sending-combat-troops-africa

By William Branigin, Washington Post

President Obama said Friday he is sending a small number of U.S. combat troops to central Africa to assist in a regional effort to neutralize the Lord’s Resistance Army, a guerrilla force originally from northern Uganda that has been accused of terrorizing civilians in several countries.

In a letter to congressional leaders, Obama announced the deployment of “approximately 100” combat-equipped personnel to act as “advisers to partner forces” that are targeting the leadership of the insurgent group.

He said he ordered the deployment under a law enacted in May 2010, the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. His letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and the president pro tempore of the Senate, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), said he was keeping Congress informed of the move consistent with the War Powers Resolution.

Police-type action? Or valid use of the military?

 

[righteousdude2]

Will These Troops Support the Muslim Group, Or the...

....the non-Muslim groups? That is the question, and I think they will lend their support and firepower to Muslim factions.

 

[matt wade]

....the non-Muslim groups? That is the question, and I think they will lend their support and firepower to Muslim factions.

The LRA is a supposedly "Christian" group, though they mixed up in so much stuff they aren't even close to real Christians. Here's a telling quote about them from a Wikipedia article:

Since the LRA first started fighting in 1987 they may have forced well over 10,000 boys and girls into combat, often killing family, neighbors and school teachers in the process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Resistance_Army

I don't believe we should be deploying any troops over there. The situation in that country doesn't affect our national security. But, if we are going to do something about it, taking out the LRA seems like a good thing.