Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia
By: Aamer Madhani (AP NEWS)
Joe Biden, the War President. Any war, any time, any where. Except where it matters, of course.
Does this mean we should expect an influx of Somali refugees? Biden's gonna have to issue another Executive Order on immigration.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to deploy U.S. troops to Somalia amid heightened concerns about the country's Islamic extremist rebels, known as al-Shabab. The move is a reversal of President Donald Trump's late-term decision to remove nearly all 700 special operations forces that had been operating there.
Biden's decision, confirmed by a senior administration official, comes after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin requested the deployment "to reestablish a persistent U.S. military presence in Somalia to enable a more effective fight against al-Shabaab, which has increased in strength and poses a heightened threat."
The official, who requested anonymity to discuss a decision that has not been formally announced, said American forces already in the region would be repositioned.
U.S. military commanders have been deploying U.S. forces into Somalia for short rotations since Trump ordered American troops out during his final days in office in 2021. But Pentagon officials did not see that as "effective long-term strategy" and had been considering recommending the redeployment for some time, according to a U.S. military official who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Biden's decision to sign the order was first reported by The New York Times.
Al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, has made territorial gains against Somalia's federal government in recent months, reversing the gains of African Union peacekeepers who once had pushed the militants into remote areas of the country.
Word of the deployment decision came after Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who served as Somalia's president between 2012 and 2017, was announced on Sunday as the winner of a protracted election.
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General Biden has spoken. Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.
Good...
I don't think we have any business in Somalia and are probably not wanted there anyway. Besides many still remember the Blackhawk down incident and the running of the Mogadishu Mile. This is not about helping anybody in Africa. This is a distraction by Biden and Austin to take attention off their other military foul ups in the last year before the mid terms in November and will just wind up getting more American service members killed for no good reason!
Sadly many think that was just a movie.
Had a good friend who ran that mile and it sure was no movie to him.
You and I both. I remember watching the whole thing unfold while stationed in Germany.
I had just retired from the Navy on August 31 of 1993 and watched it unfold on CNN on my living room couch.
I was just 25 months into my career. Just retired in July31, 2017.
that's back when CNN was worth a damn.
That is true. Now I would not give a plug nickel on anything they attempt to report on
I get the feeling if Trump gave everyone a million dollars Biden would be asking for it back.
They are taxing the Covid Stimulus....
Should we look forward to Somalia ending up to be like Afghanistan?