U.S. Company Trains African Troops In Somalia

New York Times:

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Richard Rouget, a gun for hire over two decades of bloody African conflict, is the unlikely face of the American campaign against militants in Somalia.

Read the whole story: New York Times

Comments

[popart]

09:32 AM on 08/13/2011

and still another black hole for american tax payers money to vanish into.....thanks a lot Uncle Sam.

[yoyodyne666]

01:05 PM on 08/12/2011

Gee, and still !diots wonder why they flew two planes into buildings. The U.S. is the biggest contributer to violence and terrorism in the world.

[nofriendofrepublicans]

08:37 AM on 08/12/2011

America approves 45 million in arms shipments. Looks like we're the terrorists of the world.

[BestGuest]

06:37 AM on 08/12/2011

Is it inconceiva­ble to imagine the possibilit­y that the U$ could also be, in some way, behind the drought?

[morgan1]

05:49 AM on 08/12/2011

This is nothing new. The US has done this time and again long before Reagan who made this sort of covert operation front page and acceptable. No good (As usual and as history has made clear) will come of this.

[PRONESE]

05:41 AM on 08/12/2011

Jungle Work by Warren Zevon
*
Lear jet S.W.A.T. team
On a midnight run
With the M16
And the Ingram gun
We parachute in
We parachute out
"Death from above"
We're screaming now
Where the pay is good
And the risk is high
It's understood
We'll do or die
Sten gun in hand
Where the gun is law
From Ovamboland
To Nicaragua
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Three young men
In a Russian truck
With a little Mac10
Sent 'em running to the huts
A few young men
The few who dare
To battle in hell
Le Mercenaire!
Strength and muscle and jungle work
*
More Coffee...
R/ PRONESE

[yoyodyne666]

05:31 AM on 08/12/2011

“We do not want an American footprint or boot on the ground,” said Johnnie Carson, the Obama administration’s top State Department official for Africa.

Too late, they figured it out.

[Progressneeded]

12:17 AM on 08/12/2011

Nothing is new under the sun! This is just a new way of spreading the message of the School of the America.

http://pangaea.org/street_children/latin/soa.htm

[MikeyJaii]

12:13 AM on 08/12/2011

Yes, we put them up against each other and then side with the winners.

[yoyodyne666]

01:06 PM on 08/12/2011

...and steal thier resources.

[cwaged1002]

11:57 PM on 08/12/2011

Bingo!

[cromag]

12:12 AM on 08/12/2011

A lot of people aren't seeing the 300 pound gorilla in this or they conveniently are ignoring it.

"Still, over the past year, the United States has quietly stepped up operations inside Somalia, American officials acknowledge"
That means the orders came from the current administration. So along with the massive increase in drone strikes that's some change. Under Bush everything everywhere was his responsibility; what about holding those standards to this Commander in Chief?

[Mochilero]

11:25 PM on 08/11/2011

Aren't we supposed to be the good guys? Maybe it was never anything but a myth.

[yoyodyne666]

05:33 AM on 08/12/2011

Not a myth but a lie, welcome, you took the red pill, good choice.

[kcwookie]

11:11 PM on 08/11/2011

Machiavelli is right about Soldiers of Fortune. They weren't good then and they aren't good now. We are headed down a path that leads to ruin. The only people who should be involved in the defense of this country are true believers.

[realitytrumpsbull]

08:27 AM on 08/12/2011

No, I don't want 'true believers' in the military, either, but rather, educated soldiers/servicemembers who performed their studies well, maintain a high standard of public accountability throughout the organization, and will not give safe harbor to mercenaries, gang members, or other persons on the shady side of the law.  As for the mercenaries? Add a mercenaries' wing at Ft. Leavenworth, apprehend where found, detain indefinitely, and put them out of business.  

If our country, in partnership with other countries, can help the Somalis build a good police dept, that might help them, it might not.  But, it's hard not to feel some kind of compassion for em, no sewer, no water, no food. Do we just sit on the sidelines, do nothing, and eat popcorn, what do those people want, would they take our help or just steal the food and sell it for guns? 

This is 2011, some countries in the world are basically still living in the trees. It'll take a lot of teaching, assistance and money for them to even dream of ever becoming 1st world, or even close. And, maybe some don't want it. How do we guard against the circumstance of inflicting western civilization where the people don't want it? Does anyone even ask anymore? Might makes right...

[yoyodyne666]

01:08 PM on 08/12/2011

Silly person, go back to watching reality T.V., cause you can't be educated.

[flashfyre]

10:46 PM on 08/11/2011

Hopefully these guys can get some good intel networks set up so the CIA can safely send in the UAVs. The USA really took a hit there in the 90's for trying to feed people, of all things.

[yoyodyne666]

05:34 AM on 08/12/2011

Hopefully these mercs get what they deserve ......

[Timma]

09:15 PM on 08/11/2011

Super Congress - CUT military spending to the bone.

[M33TBallz]

09:10 PM on 08/11/2011

Give a man a fish; feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish... feeds him for a lifetime.

[mikefina]

10:42 PM on 08/11/2011

What about the fish?

Don't they have a say in the matter?