Wait...we are supposed to getting out of the peacekeeping/retraining/terrorism fighting business. That's where too much of our bloated defense budget is going now. What happened to let the fuckers take care of their own shit?
The democrats have been pushing this narrative for quite a while now...right? So why would the current Democrat in office deploy even more troops abroad? Oh, wait....I see it now....."United Nations Security Council". There it is.
“The teams will be limited to training and equipping efforts, and will not be permitted to conduct military operations without specific, additional approvals from the secretary of defense,” reports the Associated Press.
The U.S. military presence in Vietnam began when the United States Military Assistance Advisory Group established a presence in Saigon to assist French legionnaires battling Viet Minh forces. Over the next decade, the Pentagon turned this modest advisory role into a full-blown war that claimed the lives of nearly 60,000 Americans and more than 3 million Southeast Asians.
Lets see how long that mandate lasts when the troops are viewed as "occupiers" by the locals and the lead starts flying and the IED's start blowing up.
According to the political establishment in Washington and its military counterpart at the Pentagon, North Africa is threatened by al-Qaeda affiliated groups, particularly with the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria. The West African nation is vitally important due to its vast oil reserves.
Oil???? Isn't that what started all the shit in the Middle East?
