10-15-2011, 02:08 PM
cbelt3 wrote:
... but... we've had armed troops 'advising' all over the world. All the time. You didn't know that ?
This is nothing new.
France or Belgium may be but for America to send troops to Africa with virtually no national debate is very new indeed. How about putting down one insurgency at a time?
While the size of the U.S. footprint is small, Obama's announcement represents a highly unusual intervention for the United States. Although some American troops are based in Djibouti and small groups of soldiers have been deployed to Somalia, the U.S. traditionally has been reluctant to commit forces to help African nations put down insurgencies.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-ventures-bloody...47650.html