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Post by J.J.Gibbs on Jun 16, 2021 17:12:29 GMT -5
We had no wars under President Trump. Since the impostor Biden took over (or, should I say, his handlers) there are more potential hot spots that could ignite WW 3 than ever before. Pentagon Weighs Proposal to Send Dozens of Troops Back to Somalia
By Eric Schmitt and Charlie Savage June 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is developing a proposal to send dozens of Special Forces trainers back to Somalia to help local forces combat Al Shabab, the terrorist group affiliated with Al Qaeda — a step that would partly reverse President Donald J. Trump’s abrupt pullout of nearly all 700 American troops from the country in January. Mr. Trump’s order to withdraw ground forces from Somalia underscored his desire to end long-running military engagements against Islamist insurgencies in dysfunctional states in Africa and the Middle East, a grinding mission of low-intensity warfare that has spread since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The desire by some military policymakers to return to Somalia offers a glimpse into the challenges the Pentagon could face in advising Afghan forces from a distance after carrying out President Biden’s order to withdraw the last 3,500 American troops from Afghanistan, especially if the Taliban then make serious gains there. John F. Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, declined to comment on the Somalia proposal. Continued at link
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