BS: US troops to Uganda

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: Charmion
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 06:06 PM

From the Afrcan Union, the United Nations and from the besieged governments of the countries where the LRA roams. Wait for the UNSC Resolution ...

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: gnu
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 05:37 PM

Kendall... From the mining companies and drug companies. Phosphorus... diamonds... titanium... oil... heroin... cruise missiles are $400 to $800k each but big business sees it as a deal.

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 04:24 PM

And where did we get the right to invade another country and war with their government?

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:57 PM

Too bad that they cannot also help to advise on elimination of the Ugandan witch doctors and their cult who are sacrificing young boys as part of their rituals. (Try and see the BBC programs on this horror.

Comparison with Vietnam is nonsense, although I agree that that fiasco which cost so many lives was misguided intervention. In that case, a colonial war started by the French was turned into a war against Communists. The Vietnamese embraced any group that would help them to get self- determination, and the Commies supported by China seemed the only hope. After all the deaths and land destruction, Vietnam is slowly becoming a self-governed nation that is gradually incorporating some democratic principles.
If Vietnam had been left alone, the same goals would have been reached sooner, as Chinese 'communism' has turned into state-guided capitalism.

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: Charmion
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:36 PM

It looks like how you lot got into Viet Nam, but with a very important difference. Then, it was to fight Communism. This time , the enemy is -- well, you have to do some reading about the LRA to get the full flavour.

United Nations and African Union efforts to stabilize Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and even South Sudan are futile unless a grip can be got on the LRA.

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: Greg F.
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 02:08 PM

this is a military assistance (i.e., training and advisory) group which will not engage in military operations except to defend themselves.


Hmmmm....boy, where have I heard that before??? regarding someplace in Southeast Asia was it?

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: gnu
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 01:23 PM

But, is this about/for the mining companies? the arms companies? or is it really about helping people?

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: artbrooks
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 01:09 PM

Exactly. The Vietnam War began with a small group of advisors/trainers (800-900) during the Eisenhower administration.

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: kendall
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 12:27 PM

Isn't this how we got into Viet Nam?

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: Charmion
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 12:23 PM

This must be one of the operations they had in mind when AFRICOM was set up. It's coming only 10 years late -- but who's counting?

The LRA are a blight. If the U.S really must go around the world using armed forces to "make a difference in people's lives", then the lands scoured by the Lord's Resistance Army are the right places to do it.

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 06:16 AM

Some details for those who cannot or will not google

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

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 01:23 AM

Yes..I think they would like to prevent children getting butchered. Some people have a high tolerance for things like that happening. I personally don't.   mg

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 01:21 AM

I think they would be fighting the people who have ruined the lives of so many..where children have to walk miles at night to a shelter while their parents stay up defending their farms. It is a gruesome situation and I personally would go and shoot every thug there. But of course we know the pattern..first advisers and then troops and then emeshment for a long time. But that is how the world is grinding toward being better..where girls don't get their arms chopped off going to fetch water..not sure if that is where it happens but I can guarantee horrific things happen there. mg

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: meself
Date: 14 Oct 11 - 10:36 PM

Okay, which "army" are you asking about?

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: meself
Date: 14 Oct 11 - 10:34 PM

A nightmarish, horror-movie-ish outfit that has been terrorizing Uganda for a decade or two, specializing in kidnapping children and turning them into ruthless murderers. Or so I've been led to believe.

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Oct 11 - 10:34 PM

According to the Associated Press, this is a military assistance (i.e., training and advisory) group which will not engage in military operations except to defend themselves.

There's a current Wikipedia article here.

Subject: RE: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: gnu
Date: 14 Oct 11 - 10:24 PM

A scout party? Recon? Perhaps they wanna be on the top of the ball? See if there is anything to help with... mitigate... prevent... gain?

Subject: BS: US troops to Uganda
From: MarkS
Date: 14 Oct 11 - 10:10 PM

According to an announcement today, President Obama has authorized the dispatch of 100 US troops to Uganda, to aid in the fight against something called "The Lord's Resistance Army."
With our international membership, perhaps somebody can shed some light on just what or who this "army" really is.
And lets also hope this is not the start of yet another military adventure.
Mark