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Monday, October 23, 2017

1,000 U.S. Troops in Niger - Constitution be Damned



From The 
Lying Sack of Shit
Department

  • Diogenes had trouble finding an honest man. Nothing has changed. Now our Political Liar Class claims they know nothing about the growing American war in Niger. . . . . just like they knew nothing about unconstitutional NSA spying or mountains of weapons finding its way to ISIS and Islamists.


(Reuters) - U.S. senators said on Sunday the White House has not been forthcoming with details about the military's presence in Niger after the deaths of four soldiers there earlier this month and they want more answers on U.S. operations in the west African country.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer said in separate interviews that they support Republican Senator John McCain's effort to get answers from the Pentagon on the ambush and more broadly on the U.S. fight against ISIS in Niger.
Graham and Schumer said they had been unaware of the large U.S. presence in the country and said Congress needs more information on what could become a long and open-ended involvement.
"I didn't know there was 1,000 troops in Niger," Graham said on NBC's Meet the Press. "This is an endless war without boundaries and no limitation on time and geography," he added. "You've got to tell us more and he [McCain] is right to say that."

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Graham and McCain, who serves as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Friday that the military is shifting its counter-terrorism strategy to focus more on Africa and expanding the ability to use force against suspected terrorists.
The attack earlier this month, which U.S. officials suspect was carried out by a local Islamic State affiliate, has thrown a spotlight on the U.S. counter-terrorism mission in Niger, which has about 800 U.S. troops.
Democrat Schumer said on the same program on Sunday that he, like Graham, had also been unaware of the large presence of U.S. troops in Niger and is also awaiting more answers from the military this week.
He said Congress may need to re-examine the current authorization for what he said could be a long, open-ended involvement in the country and region.
"We need to look at this carefully. This is a brave new world. There are no set battle plans," he said, adding that Congress currently authorizes action as part of the authorization of military use that has been in place for 16 years since the September 11 terror attacks on the United States.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well it`s not a surprise.
France got lots of troops in Africa to support local regimes that are menace by islamic gangs .
Britain too .If a few less.
America got no major troops in Africa , but things are coming fast as islamic gangs are foreign supported to subvert the region.
Its a kind of strategy like that in Vietnam .
The military system knew well , what to do not to became "faced in" like in Indochina .War of attrition no more .And TV diner soldiers blood meal is over .
Lets see things evolve .
The fight also goes in home turf , like with that traitor for political gain representative in FL. that with " the ideal time " came out on Níger falling soldiers.