US Africa Command wants greater discretion in Somalia

[Gilgamesh]

Operations in Somalia got prior approval from the White House unless Special Forces on the ground were threatened, but know the US Africa Command wants greater power allowing them to call in their own airstrikes without briefing the White House.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/politics/somalia-anti-terror-campaign-proposal-trump/

 

[XamarCade]

This is a catch 22, in one hand al shabaab won't have any chance to escape and they'll suffer heavy losses and they won't be out training anymore, but on the other hand civilians are gonna also be hit bad

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

I hope they get a free rein to do whatever they want. If I was Farmaajo I would tell them US that they have a blank check to bomb whomever they want, let Alshabab know there is nowhere to hide.

 

[XamarCade]

I hope they get a free rein to do whatever they want. If I was Farmaajo I would tell them US that they have a blank check to bomb whomever they want, let Alshabab know there is nowhere to hide.

Exactly they have to be hit so hard and fast no kid is ever gonna think twice joining them.

 

[DeathWish]

I hope they get a free rein to do whatever they want. If I was Farmaajo I would tell them US that they have a blank check to bomb whomever they want, let Alshabab know there is nowhere to hide.

Exactly they have to be hit so hard and fast no kid is ever gonna think twice joining them.

Are you crazy? US dr0ne strikes kill 90% civilians. How can you sleep at night while talking about people's lives like it's not important? This is why A1-Keida is not dead. The dr0nes ki11 so many civilians, so they get frustrated and decide to join mercenaries like A1-kebab.

None of these people should have free reign in Somalia, period. What they should be doing is training/arming thousands of Somali troops and leave as soon as possible.

 

[XamarCade]

Are you crazy? US dr0ne strikes kill 90% civilians. How can you sleep at night while talking about people's lives like it's not important? This is why A1-Keida is not dead. They ki11 so many civilians that the civilians get frustrated and decide to join mercenaries like A1-kebab.None of these people should have free reign in Somalia, period. What they should be doing is training/arming thousands of Somali troops and leave as soon as possible.

They're running around in huge numbers in southern Somalia, they're one of the sole contributers to the famine, they took over the whole arable lands. What's ur suggestions to stop them,

These air strikes are gonna be coordinated with locals

 

[Arman]

These air strikes are gonna be coordinated with locals

 

[XamarCade]

Why not call in strikes at there training ground, combination of both.

 

[Arman]

Why not call in strikes at there training ground, combination of both.

When I went to Somalia, everybody hated the U.S. I don't think they'd cooperate.

 

[XamarCade]

When I went to Somalia, everybody hated the U.S. I don't think they'd cooperate.

 

[Gilgamesh]

I don't know why you guys are acting like Somalis have any say in this, this is ultimately going to be decided by Trump and his top National Security Advisers.

 

[XamarCade]

I don't know why you guys are acting like Somalis have any say in this, this is ultimately going to be decided by Trump and his top National Security Advisers.

Wuts ur thoughts, u support it

 

[Gilgamesh]

Wuts ur thoughts, u support it

I support it if Trump supports it.

 

[Arman]

I support it if Trump supports it.

Are you a blind follower or something?

 

[Gilgamesh]

Are you a blind follower or something?

Mudane Trump is my hero.

 

[Inactive]

This is great news.

The civilians now have a reason to stay away from Al Shabab and not associate with them.

 

[Inactive]

When I went to Somalia, everybody hated the U.S. I don't think they'd cooperate.

Well they better cooperate or they're getting their ass bombed as well

 

[Arman]

The civilians now have a reason to stay away from Al Shabab and not associate with them.

Well they better cooperate or they're getting their ass bombed as well

This has the potential to backfire horribly.

 

[XamarCade]

The civilians now have a reason to stay away from Al Shabab and not associate with them.

The people that live amongst al shabaab have to work with the government in order to save themselves, al shabaab have been living freely unchallenged during Obamas presidency, now its time to go on the offense against these kuffars

 

[Prince Abubu]

This is great news.

The civilians now have a reason to stay away from Al Shabab and not associate with them.

Maybe, just maybe, if the corrupt dowlad-ku-sheeg wasn't full of incompetent tribalists the local people wouldn't be joining fucking alshabab. You have to be a special kind of retarded to be less appealing than a terrorist organisation.