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Some American troops will soon find themselves stationed at military bases scattered across the South American nation of Colombia with a mission to use advanced Predator drone technology to aid in fighting the drug trade and to combat terrorism, according to published reports Saturday.
Raw Story » Deal: United States soldiers will deploy to Colombia (http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/15/deal-united-states-soldiers-will-deploy-to-colombia/ - broken link)
According to that article the purpose of this is "To defeat terrorism". That was said by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
So now the US is staging a war on terror on behalf of other countries IN those other countries ?
I hope they are charging Columbia for use of our military. Maybe we can recoup some of the trillions we owe.
According to that article the purpose of this is "To defeat terrorism". That was said by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
So now the US is staging a war on terror on behalf of other countries IN those other countries ?
I hope they are charging Columbia for use of our military. Maybe we can recoup some of the trillions we owe.
According to that article the purpose of this is "To defeat terrorism". That was said by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
So now the US is staging a war on terror on behalf of other countries IN those other countries ?
I hope they are charging Columbia for use of our military. Maybe we can recoup some of the trillions we owe.
I had higher hopes for Obama - but he seems to be a puppet of the same right wing forces that got us embroiled in Afganistan and Iraq. He is preoccupied with domestic issues, letting the same Bush relics mis-manage the foreign policy.
I had higher hopes for Obama - but he seems to be a puppet of the same right wing forces that got us embroiled in Afganistan and Iraq. He is preoccupied with domestic issues, letting the same Bush relics mis-manage the foreign policy.
Maybe he is seeing that it was the right thing to do...
Interesting, the Kos crowd having been so opposed to Bush and the war just last year. Kos is holding its annual meeting this week and a poll at the conference shows a drop in interest in the war.
the united states is ramping up spending in pakistan as well:
Holbrooke said the U.S. planned to provide more helicopters and other equipment such as night-vision goggles to the Pakistani military to aid the fight, as well as give ECONOMIC help for the cash-strapped government. He also said that Pakistan’s shifting of its military focus from its eastern border near India westward to its border with Afghanistan was a positive sign.
Pakistani forces have been winding down their three-month offensive in Swat but still face pockets of militant resistance and violence. Hundreds of thousands of the roughly 2 million people who fled during the military offensive have been returning amid tight security.
we have a government that insists on spending american money all around the world while it should be focused on our own rising unemployment and negative GDP growth.
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