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Posted by: Sgt Drifter
Posted by: Powershadows
I can't believe nobody has pointed out the source of the article - RUSSIA TODAY, one of the most biased and anti-American/anti-Western news sources out there. There's obvious bias right there.
Also, some of the countries they are going to include places like Algeria, Niger, and Kenya - hardly violent countries. There isn't going to be a massive risk of life in this, nor does the article mention the possibility they are going as military advisers and guards to countries that are completely unrelated to terrorism.
On a side note, the US has been putting their troops in countries across the globe for years. They have troops in South Korea, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, and India (to name just a few)and nobody draws up a fuss. Having them in peaceful African countries that may or may not be at risk of extremism is hardly revolutionary as people make out. Who knows? Perhaps these countries might gain something from it, and may never be anymore Kony's, Genocides, Coups, or Extremist Takeovers. One can wish.
Except that those countries we currently have troops in, South Korea, Philippines, etc. hold immense strategic value.
Africa? Not so much...
That's my point. I don't know why they're there and I don't really care either way, but people jumping around and calling the US "world police", "imperialists", and "facists" because of this (and believe me, there are people saying things like this) need to look and see that the US has always been a peaceful part of many countries and none of them have made a fuss about it. In some cases, those people support the US and actually WANT the presence of the most powerful country in the world.