10-15-2011, 04:46 PM
Acer wrote:
Call it rationalizing, but 200,000 in Iraq is not the same as 100 in the Congo.
So it is Congo? Thanks for clearing it up. Do you know the history of bloodshed in Congo going back to the 60s?
"On 17 January 1961, Katangan forces and Belgian paratroops – supported by the United States' and Belgium's intent on copper and diamond mines in Katanga and South Kasai – kidnapped and executed Patrice Lumumba."
Aren't you the least bothered that there was zero debate about putting American boots on the ground there? They are going in with the express purpose of getting into an insurgency fight. And do you know how much resources it takes to support 100 armed troops on the ground half way around the world?