The US has deployed 100 troops to Niger...

[oldguy]

... to assist French forces in neighbouring Mali, the US president has said.

The armed troops will provide intelligence support, President Barack Obama informed Congress on Friday.

France deployed troops to Mali in January to counter al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants.

The US and Niger signed a status of forces agreement last month, and the US is weighing a base for surveillance drones there, US media have reported.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21550867

Seems like this is how our involvement in Vietnam started.

Go Blazers

 

[oldguy]

No comments from those that oppose the war in Afghanistan? Here's your chance to oppose another war before it becomes a war. Or, do you see it differently, since Bush isn't starting it?

No speculation as to why we would be getting involved in an African war?

Go Blazers

 

[julius]

I didn't see this thread (and was busy). I don't know enough about it, but I'm not sure that deploying 100 troops somewhere is on par with the Iraq war (which was the bigger issue among people who were against the war).

But hey, whatever floats your boat.

 

[Denny Crane]

I didn't see this thread (and was busy). I don't know enough about it, but I'm not sure that deploying 100 troops somewhere is on par with the Iraq war (which was the bigger issue among people who were against the war).

But hey, whatever floats your boat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_opinion_in_the_United_States_on_the_invasion_of_Iraq

May 2003
A Gallup poll made on behalf of CNN and USA Today concluded that 79% of Americans thought the Iraq War was justified, with or without conclusive evidence of illegal weapons. 19% thought weapons were needed to justify the war.[9]

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

No comments from those that oppose the war in Afghanistan? Here's your chance to oppose another war before it becomes a war. Or, do you see it differently, since Bush isn't starting it?

No speculation as to why we would be getting involved in an African war?

Go Blazers

I know you're spoiling for a fight on this, but I just don't see it. The President has sent a little bit of intelligencew help and you're all over this being the start of a war. I mean, maybe it will be in time, but I certainly have no issue with the President assisting allies.

 

[oldguy]

I know you're spoiling for a fight on this, but I just don't see it. The President has sent a little bit of intelligencew help and you're all over this being the start of a war. I mean, maybe it will be in time, but I certainly have no issue with the President assisting allies.

What allies?

Go Blazers

 

[Further]

the French

 

[Denny Crane]

the French

Seems our top officials worship the french.

 

[Further]

Seems our top officials worship the french.

Well I'm a fan of an unshaven woman (to a point), so I stand with the French.

 

[Denny Crane]

Well I'm a fan of an unshaven woman (to a point), so I stand with the French.

The unshaven part is fine, it's the lack of showering that gets to me.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Seems our top officials worship the french.

Well they make such wonderful fries.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Well they make such wonderful fries.

And ticklers.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21550867

Seems like this is how our involvement in Vietnam started.

There's a pretty big difference. Like about as big as the difference between Al-Qaeda and the USSR.

No comments from those that oppose the war in Afghanistan? Here's your chance to oppose another war before it becomes a war. Or, do you see it differently, since Bush isn't starting it?

If you paid any attention to us guldurn libruls, you'd know that we're pretty opposed to Obama's warhawk bullshit. I don't think most people know enough about the region (that we just sent all of 100 troops to) to have the strong opinion you're looking to rage against.

No speculation as to why we would be getting involved in an African war?

Well, the article you linked gives me an idea...

The US and Niger signed a status of forces agreement last month, and the US is weighing a base for surveillance drones there, US media have reported.

Honestly, I don't know what you're wanting us peace loving commie pinkos to say. This move seems typical. We didn't even put troops in Mali, where the unrest is happening. Right now we're just watching from Niger and making a gesture of goodwill (i.e. "intelligence sharing") with the government there so we can set up a drone base. Personally, I don't agree with drone warfare, but I see nothing inherently wrong with (appearing to be) helping Mali fight off AQIM via intelligence sharing with Niger.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Seems our top officials worship the french.

Seems that they don't. Maybe you should get your eyesight checked.

 

[Denny Crane]

Seems that they don't. Maybe you should get your eyesight checked.

Seems like we're emulating the French economic system, right down to the high unemployment and weak recovery.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Seems like we're emulating the French economic system, right down to the high unemployment and weak recovery.

Seems that "high unemployment" and "weak recovery" are not economic policies. Also it seems that we don't tax our millionaires at 75% like they do.

Comparatively, it seems that the economies of USA and France are extremely similar and have been for a lot longer than the current administration. It seems the differences are small.

It seems that you want to portray Obama as worshiping at the alter of French Socialism which seems to make me roll my eyes SO HARD.

 

[Denny Crane]

Seems that "high unemployment" and "weak recovery" are not economic policies. Also it seems that we don't tax our millionaires at 75% like they do.

Comparatively, it seems that the economies of USA and France are extremely similar and have been for a lot longer than the current administration. It seems the differences are small.

It seems that you want to portray Obama as worshiping at the alter of French Socialism which seems to make me roll my eyes SO HARD.

High unemployment and weak recovery are due to near identical economic policies.

As I pointed out in another thread, Germany and Ireland pursued austerity measures and are the two strongest (well, Germany is strongest, Ireland is doing great) economies in the EU.

France has had unemployment like the US has now for years and years - long before 2008.

Obama running for re-election talking about forgiving student loans or govt. paying for them is what they do in France.

Obama wanting to raise taxes on the rich constantly is what they're doing in France right now (and the rich are moving away).

 

[MickZagger]

Yawn. More Rush Limbaugh type propaganda.

Lay off the neo-con sound bites.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/n...he-really-want-america-to-end-up-like-france/

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

High unemployment and weak recovery are due to near identical economic policies.

As I pointed out in another thread, Germany and Ireland pursued austerity measures and are the two strongest (well, Germany is strongest, Ireland is doing great) economies in the EU.

We are still doing way better than Europe is, whether austerity has worked for them or not. And for every Germany, there's a Britain or Spain.

France has had unemployment like the US has now for years and years - long before 2008.

It's almost as if we are somehow different from them.

Obama running for re-election talking about forgiving student loans or govt. paying for them is what they do in France.

Hahahaha. Obama talking about doing those things are to secure the young (under 50) vote. There is literally no way that will happen. And that is not "what they do" in France. There's a big difference between subsidizing education and paying off loans already accrued.

Obama wanting to raise taxes on the rich constantly is what they're doing in France right now (and the rich are moving away).

France taxes millionaires 75%. 75%! I know you think Obama is the antichrist to capitalism, but come on. Your argument is weak. These vague trends and theoretical slippery slopes are hardly "worship."

 

[jlprk]

No comments from those that oppose the war in Afghanistan? Here's your chance to oppose another war before it becomes a war. Or, do you see it differently, since Bush isn't starting it?

No speculation as to why we would be getting involved in an African war?

Go Blazers

Denny's trying to help the thread. In the only way he knows how, to hijack it.

All I know is that Algeria overthrew the French in the late 50s, finally had a national election about 10-15 years ago, the Islamists won, Western intelligence helped the government not allow the voters to get their Islamist government, and later overthrew Libya, moving it backwards to the stone age out of its middle class civilization. So now you have pissed-off Algerians and Libyans running for their lives from the killers into neighboring right-wing countries, bringing liberal civilized ideas which threaten those in power. If the U.S. wants France to be an ally, it has to be an ally and stand with France as France conserves its influence in its former colonies and keeps them conservative.

Besides, there's nowhere left to start wars anymore, so Africa should provide a lot of killing fun for the next century.

 

[Denny Crane]

We are still doing way better than Europe is, whether austerity has worked for them or not. And for every Germany, there's a Britain or Spain.

Spain's GDP is up 7% since 2010. Britain's is up 10%. Our GDP is shrinking, even with $1T added to it via borrowing and another $80B added to it each month by just printing money.

It's almost as if we are somehow different from them.

That's not the question. We have been different from them. It's that Obama, Reid, Pelosi, HuffPost bloggers, Krugman, etc., are proposing policies that won't make us somehow much different from them.

Republicans are pilloried in the press for obstructing "everything" Democrats want to do, won't compromise, etc. Even though many bills have actually passed both houses and been signed by the president. What's being obstructed?

Hahahaha. Obama talking about doing those things are to secure the young (under 50) vote. There is literally no way that will happen. And that is not "what they do" in France. There's a big difference between subsidizing education and paying off loans already accrued.

It is what they do in France. It matters not whether we forgive the debt or subsidize education to the point they do. You get to the same result.

France taxes millionaires 75%. 75%! I know you think Obama is the antichrist to capitalism, but come on. Your argument is weak. These vague trends and theoretical slippery slopes are hardly "worship."

Obama's not done talking about raising taxes. Here's what our left-wing economists propose - 90%+ tax rates:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/opinion/krugman-the-twinkie-manifesto.html?_r=0

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

What was this thread about again?

 

[Sinobas]

100 troops to deal with one black guy? Seems a little bit overkill, don't you think?

 

[drexlersdad]

 

[drexlersdad]

does niger have oil?

and funny how france can go into another country and kill people, and we join in

when russia did it we joined the insurgents