US troops to Africa

[Modelworks]

I know that Africa has it bad, have friends in Kenya. I hope this helps out some but I also have mixed feelings about us getting involved militarily with another country again. I know how advisory role can turn into combat role.




http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-dispatches-100-troops-to-uganda/1?csp=34news

On October 12, the initial team of U.S. military personnel with appropriate combat equipment deployed to Uganda.

During the next month, additional forces will deploy, including a second combat-equipped team and associated headquarters, communications, and logistics personnel. The total number of U.S. military personnel deploying for this mission is approximately 100.

These forces will act as advisors to partner forces that have the goal of removing from the battlefield Joseph Kony and other senior leadership of the LRA. Our forces will provide information, advice, and assistance to select partner nation forces.

Subject to the approval of each respective host nation, elements of these U.S. forces will deploy into Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The support provided by U.S. forces will enhance regional efforts against the LRA. However, although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense. All appropriate precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of U.S. military personnel during their deployment.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Weakling!! He is a weakling!!!!shift+1!!!!

 

[Broheim]

I know that Africa has it bad, have friends in Kenya. I hope this helps out some but I also have mixed feelings about us getting involved militarily with another country again. I know how advisory role can turn into combat role.




http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-dispatches-100-troops-to-uganda/1?csp=34news

quit yer bitching, Denmark has like 150 soldiers deployed in lebanon alone, the US has almost zero peacekepers deployed.

 

[Craig234]

Wait, we're protecting the government that is pursuing a law to execute gays?

Is the group fighting them worse than that?

 

[Nebor]

There will be a lot more of this. In order to keep the military huge even after Iraq and Afghanistan are over, we're putting in place a system of "regionally aligned brigades" who's mission will be to advise and assist countries all over the world. It's essentially expanding the traditional mission of "white" (non-kinetic) Special Forces to the entire Army. We train the trainers here. The AFRICOM component was the first ready to go, they've actually been over there training Africans on night vision and other new US provided toys for a couple months now.

Expect to see forces pushed out to the other major unified combatant commands (PACOM, EUCOM, NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM) within the next year. The people at the top see the COIN\Advising mission as the ticket to continued US military growth in the absence of armed conflict.

 

[Nintendesert]

quit yer bitching, denmark has like 150 soldiers deployed in lebanon alone, the us has almost zero peacekepers deployed.

omg 150!! Wow!

 

[Broheim]

omg 150!! Wow!

this story is about 100 US soldiers... omg wow 100!!

one of many missions. relative to the size of the population, Denmark probably has more troops deployed than the US.

 

[Broheim]

Wait, we're protecting the government that is pursuing a law to execute gays?

Is the group fighting them worse than that?

this is Africa, there's always someone worse.

 

[Modelworks]

Wait, we're protecting the government that is pursuing a law to execute gays?

Is the group fighting them worse than that?

From my friend in Kenya , yes it is worse than that. Some examples he gave to me .
The local clinic had children admitted with gunshots where the kids were used as shields inside the truck. They put the kids on the outside walls of the trucks and they sit on the inside in the middle so that any bullets go through the kids first making the kids human shields.

Poisoning of a towns well with arsenic because a member of a rival group drank from it to show the villagers that they shouldn't allow that group to have water. Several kids and adults dead.

Children taken from the village at night and raped then returned to their parents and told to tell their parents they are lucky the group showed them mercy and didn't kill them all.

 

[OutHouse]

this story is about 100 US soldiers... omg wow 100!!

one of many missions. relative to the size of the population, Denmark probably has more troops deployed than the US.

LOL @ danish troops peacekeepers... what do they do throw cream-cheese danishes at the bad guys?


US Special Forces are not Peace Keepers. they are warriors out to kill or capture the guy and to take out as many of his followers as they can. you will not see them riding around in a white amtrack wearing blue helmets with unloaded weapons or run away from a fight.

 

[Broheim]

LOL @ danish troops peacekeepers... what do they do throw cream-cheese danishes at the bad guys?

no, not really... also why would you put cream cheese on your danish? your doing it wrong.

 

[Broheim]

LOL @ danish troops peacekeepers... what do they do throw cream-cheese danishes at the bad guys?


US Special Forces are not Peace Keepers. they are warriors out to kill or capture the guy and to take out as many of his followers as they can. you will not see them riding around in a white amtrack wearing blue helmets with unloaded weapons or run away from a fight.

you think you're the only country that has special forces?

 

[sunzt]

LOL @ danish troops peacekeepers... what do they do throw cream-cheese danishes at the bad guys?

...

+1 :thumbsup:

I lol'd

 

[Orignal Earl]

omg 150!! Wow!

1 soldier from Denmark has about 150 times the training and discipline of an American one.

The US stays away from peacekeeping missions because they can't trust their soldiers to not just kill everything in sight.

 

[davmat787]

LOL @ danish troops peacekeepers... what do they do throw cream-cheese danishes at the bad guys?

I am fairly certain the Dane's who have fought along side the US in Afghanistan and elsewhere have the respect of their US counterparts, and vice versa. Besides, at least they are there and involved, with real guns and their real lives on the line, rather than shooting e-insults.

Just sayin....

 

[davmat787]

1 soldier from Denmark has about 150 times the training and discipline of an American one.

And you base this on what... pure facts and not your hatred of America I suppose? 🙄

Suggesting 1 Canadian soldier has about 150 times the moose sex than a US counterpart would be just as useful a comment.

 

[Orignal Earl]

And you base this on what... pure facts and not your hatred of America I suppose? 🙄

Suggesting 1 Canadian soldier has about 150 times the moose sex than a US counterpart would be just as useful a comment.

Well of course facts.
I don't hate America, sheesh there's another one of your problems, it butt hurts you when someone is critical.
A Denmark soldier would of just laughed it off

 

[Nintendesert]

1 soldier from Denmark has about 150 times the training and discipline of an American one.

The US stays away from peacekeeping missions because they can't trust their soldiers to not just kill everything in sight.

We're getting good at killing stuff we can't see too. :thumbsup:

 

[Doppel]

A hundred troops to Africa, not a big deal. These rebel groups there are absolutely fvcking disgusting, the way they behave is truly below humanity.

 

[davmat787]

Well of course facts.
I don't hate America, sheesh there's another one of your problems, it butt hurts you when someone is critical.
A Denmark soldier would of just laughed it off

And what facts are these?

 

[Orignal Earl]

And what facts are these?

http://forsvaretsuddannelser.dk/ForsvaretsDagOgVaernepligt/Pages/hbu.aspx

And here's a fun fact for you, who said " It takes more then one bullet to kill a moose" and what was the story behind it.
That type of American is long gone...

 

[Thump553]

They aren't going there as peacekeepers. They are going to help train the local governments and assist them in tracking down Joseph Kony, who is probably one of the most evil persons on this earth, bar none. A very noble mission.

 

[davmat787]

http://forsvaretsuddannelser.dk/ForsvaretsDagOgVaernepligt/Pages/hbu.aspx

And here's a fun fact for you, who said " It takes more then one bullet to kill a moose" and what was the story behind it.
That type of American is long gone...

Teddy Roosevelt, not sure the backstory.

And seriously, from that web page you conclude a Dane is going to have 150x more training and discipline than an American counterpart? Actually, now I am not sure why I am taking you seriously.

edit: As for your comment re: Roosevelt / that type of American is long gone, I think that is a topic worthy of its own thread, and that you should start one asking that very question.

 

[Doppel]

Teddy Roosevelt, not sure the backstory.

And seriously, from that web page you conclude a Dane is going to have 150x more training and discipline than an American counterpart? Actually, now I am not sure why I am taking you seriously.

edit: As for your comment re: Roosevelt / that type of American is long gone, I think that is a topic worthy of its own thread, and that you should start one asking that very question.

Truth is nobody really knows how good Danish troops are because they never really fight.

 

[CanOWorms]

It's good, but it doesn't really do anything to the underlying problem. You have to attack the European policies on Africa if you want to truly help Africa.