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Last I read the military was operating in over 100 countries

Posted on: June 10, 2018 at 08:29:09 CT
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around the world. Much of that "operating" is in a training or intelligence capacity, but I agree with your point that Somalia is not a place we should involve ourselves.

The simplest explanation is that a beast as big as the US military budget has to be fed with military assignments. In my view we should scale back the military and re-prioritize into developing a bigger military safety net around the world with our allies.

There is a concern that fundamentalist Islam can be grown easily in Africa and we've seen that in parts of Nigeria and obviously North Africa.

The bigger concern to me right now is the growth of Chinese economic influence in Africa. Some modern day colonialism going on there currently.

Edited by Gyro at 08:31:14 on 06/10/18
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So I see we lost another soldier, in SOMALIA - GA Tiger MU - 6/10 07:57:42
     Last I read the military was operating in over 100 countries - Gyro MU - 6/10 08:29:09
          They’re not very good at fighting wars - El-ahrairah BAMA - 6/10 08:40:41
     It's a pickletonian wonderland. Everything's up to date in - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 08:05:34
          haha yep anarchist paradise - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 6/10 08:27:11
               This is becoming like your "Worst President Poll" thing. (nm) - ummmm MU - 6/10 08:35:08
                    Obama, hands down. (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 09:09:44
                    Well ringo you can always trot out your fan fiction article - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 6/10 08:57:43
                         I think we've established that you've never read that - ummmm MU - 6/10 09:46:44
          Somalia has a govt that looks strikingly similar to the US - ummmm MU - 6/10 08:07:18
               It's a sh*thole of pickletonian warlords and the instabilty - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 08:14:36
                    I'm not disputing what it is like there today. - ummmm MU - 6/10 08:17:27
                         Aren't we talking about today? (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 08:19:20
                              Today - pickle MU - 6/10 08:51:54
                              We are. - ummmm MU - 6/10 08:22:28
                                   pockets of pickletonian peckerheads pursuing pitiful - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 08:29:08
                                        You're clearly not reading my posts in this thread. - ummmm MU - 6/10 08:34:34
                                             Today - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 08:59:39
                                                  Did you even read what you copied/pasted? (nm) - pickle MU - 6/10 09:05:31
                                                       Yes. Take off your cucumber-colored glasses - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 09:13:33
                                                            I doubt you did - pickle MU - 6/10 09:21:18
                                                                 It also talks about opposition forces attempting to - ummmm MU - 6/10 09:44:54
                                                                      An Islamic "state".....just another word for tribalism. - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 09:53:00
                                                                           There is no state with anarchy. - ummmm MU - 6/10 09:54:21
                                                                                Whatevs. - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 10:06:28
                                                                                     one would think you’d get this critical bit correct - pickle MU - 6/10 10:34:04
                                                                      if you’re going to disagree on or debate anarchism - pickle MU - 6/10 09:46:24
                                                                           Which just means more warlords.... - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 09:50:09
                                                                                that’s not what it means - pickle MU - 6/10 10:34:50
                                                                                     You advocate for no government.... - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 10:53:25
                                                                                          Somalia has government, as your copy/paste quoted - pickle MU - 6/10 11:08:06
                                                                                An Islamic state supposes a government. (nm) - ummmm MU - 6/10 09:53:05
                                                                                     It's tribalism (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 10:07:16
                                                                                          Tribalism is not anarchy. - ummmm MU - 6/10 10:15:31
                                                                                               But Somalia had the complete absence of government - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 10:41:28
                                                                                                    “Aren’t we talking about today?” (nm) - pickle MU - 6/10 10:45:48
                                                                                                         Expanses of a country where no government reigns - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 11:08:54
                                                                                                              you can’t keep it straight (nm) - pickle MU - 6/10 11:13:13
                                                                           That would seem like a good start. (nm) - ummmm MU - 6/10 09:47:04
                                                                 Quit being an ignoramus. - Tigrrrr! MU - 6/10 09:37:55
     Bring every last one of them home from abroad - ummmm MU - 6/10 08:01:24
     It’s time to cut our losses with the military - El-ahrairah BAMA - 6/10 07:59:31




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