Why did Obama Have Troops in Niger?

[SmokeALib]

You know, I was watching this on the news last night, and they were trying to figure it out as well.

Apparently, the troops that were in Niger were there to help fight against Boko Haram (the terrorists who kidnapped the girl's school).

But, Trump has been president for almost 10 months now, so you can't blame this on Obama. It's Trumps baby now.

And.............apparently the troops were based out of Chad, and had a bunch of Chad military fighting alongside them, but when Trump put out his latest EO banning people from certain countries, Chad was one of the places listed, and in response, they pulled all their soldiers out of Niger and returned them back to Chad.

Boko Haram saw that there were a lot less soldiers in the area, and attacked the Americans who didn't have either aircover or other allies in the area.

FFS.......................the closest air cover that they were able to get came 30 min. after the attack started, and it was from French pilots. Only trouble is, they couldn't provide sufficient CAS because the two sides were too close to each other and they couldn't tell the Americans from the terrorists.

Why was there no drone for air support at the very least?

Morons, like the O/Poster will give Trump after 10 months in office, ALL the credit for the booming stock market and for the lowering of the unemployment, HOWEVER, anything that smacks of a negative, these fucking idiots will try to blame Obama...

.......and the worst thing to consider, is that these same idiots actually voted for the orange clown.

Let's not forget Merry Christmas coming up.


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

happy holiday

Which one?

 

[ClosedCaption]

Another one of nobama's policies failing. Where Trump has to fix it by figuring out why were there troops sent to Niger in the first place.

the sad truth is trump doesn't know his ass from his elbow He has no idea what's happening

That makes no sense when nobama had in his policy to have some military in Niger in the first place...

well if it was so wrong trump had plenty of time to remove them .............if he wanted

Its only been 10 months. You cant expect Trump to act quickly...hell they didnt even recover the body until 2 or 3 days later and the bodies were a mile away from the ambush. You cant blame Trump for that. It takes months to give an order...like the travel ban or the 2nd travel ban...or the 3rd travel ban.....or the transgender ban....or the healthcare subsidies

All of those took months, right?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It's called 'Empire-Building.' We're everywhere meddling nowadays. It's exactly what our Founding Fathers warned against. They knew very well that all Empires fall. The US won't be an exception. Time to scale back all the meddling. Time to end this Empire-Building agenda.

Empire building? Yeah, it just makes sense for us to build an empire of countries with an unending supply of terrorists to kill ourselves!

What a dumb ass!

 

[Luddly Neddite]

After this ambush. I wonder why Obama had troops in that part of Africa.

They got there in 2013, to help the French.

Why hasn't trump removed them? He's had 10 months. Well, to be fair, if you subtract his vacation and golf time,d he's had only 4 months or so.

Why was trump silent for 12 days after the soldiers were killed? What was he hiding? What is he still hiding?

Why did Kelly lie?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I believe it's already been said, but this all hinges of hanging Chads. Trump just put them on his muslim ban September 29th, , which pissed them off, so they pulled their forces out of Niger, where they were fighting ISIS, and were very effective fighters.

October 5th, halfway through Chads withdrawal, the americans ere ambushed.

True.....and the reason why Chad was banned, was due to some wrong paperwork.......

I wonder how right wingers would feel if this ambush and royal screw up in Niger should warrant the same scrutiny as Benghazi???

You can be certain that if Clinton were president, there would be investigations out the wazoo. Since it's Trump, nada.

Same with him and his spawn all using private servers and unsecured cell phones.

 

[Issa]

I believe it's already been said, but this all hinges of hanging Chads. Trump just put them on his muslim ban September 29th, , which pissed them off, so they pulled their forces out of Niger, where they were fighting ISIS, and were very effective fighters.

October 5th, halfway through Chads withdrawal, the americans ere ambushed.

True.....and the reason why Chad was banned, was due to some wrong paperwork.......

I wonder how right wingers would feel if this ambush and royal screw up in Niger should warrant the same scrutiny as Benghazi???

It's ISIS and not Boko....thr latter is in Nigeria and not Niger. Did you vote for Trump?

In the region, the US has enemies all around. Niger shares a border with Mali, where an al Qaeda affiliate and other Islamist groups thrive in the vast desert. It also borders Libya, where ISIS and other extremists are regrouping, and Nigeria, where Boko Haram is a major challenge.

Niger: US has drones and hundreds of troops in African nation - CNNPolitics

Obama put them there because of Boko. Even the far left CNN makes this claim, will you finally admit to being wrong?

It's mainly ISIS, boko Haram are mostly active in Nigeria. The French are the ones who have problems in Niger, Chad and Mali with Isis....because the French have their hands deep down that regions resources, and Isis are recruiting to fight the occupation as they say.

I don't back by any means ISIS or Boko....by the west create this mess, but topploing regimes and strengthening terrorists group. Lybia never had terrorist groups, nor Iraq or Syria mow thanks to the west, those countries are infested with terror groups.
Good job there

WTF is Lybia? If you are going to comment, get your information straight and learn to type in English.

If France was not present, ISIS would take over. Also, the people would be eating sand.

Bobo...im from The region and I know what I'm talking about. France has been stealing resources from the region. Made it easier for ISIS and other groups to recruit. Lybia was fine till the west helped topple the regime and created a safe heaven for ISIS.

Hey dumb ass! The word is Libya! Yes, you are from that region, yet you can't spell the name of the countries!

Good job!

If France does not provide a market for their resources, do you think China or North Korea would have any problem using their uranium or other products?

ليبيا to be exact....At least that was only a typo.....Not like your president when he not only miss-spelled it but he also miss-pronounced it too lol. What do you say about that? you gonna give him a pass on that one too?

 

[JakeStarkey]

If Trump does not bring our troops home, then he is simply an Obama fluffier..

 

[nat4900]

If France does not provide a market for their resources, do you think China or North Korea would have any problem using their uranium or other products?

Then the question would be this:.......Would either China and/or NK be asking for US troops to be there to help and how would we respond to such requests ???

 

[eddiew37]

Another one of nobama's policies failing. Where Trump has to fix it by figuring out why were there troops sent to Niger in the first place.

the sad truth is trump doesn't know his ass from his elbow He has no idea what's happening

That makes no sense when nobama had in his policy to have some military in Niger in the first place...

well if it was so wrong trump had plenty of time to remove them .............if he wanted

Its only been 10 months. You cant expect Trump to act quickly...hell they didnt even recover the body until 2 or 3 days later and the bodies were a mile away from the ambush. You cant blame Trump for that. It takes months to give an order...like the travel ban or the 2nd travel ban...or the 3rd travel ban.....or the transgender ban....or the healthcare subsidies

All of those took months, right?

The proof is right in front of Republican s faces ,Trump is unprepared uneducated to make decisions affecting our country.
And yet they continue down the dark hole Trump is digging for America.. Even the guardian Kelly is now kissing trumps rump

 

[eddiew37]

Morons, like the O/Poster will give Trump after 10 months in office, ALL the credit for the booming stock market and for the lowering of the unemployment, HOWEVER, anything that smacks of a negative, these fucking idiots will try to blame Obama...

.......and the worst thing to consider, is that these same idiots actually voted for the orange clown.

I believe it's already been said, but this all hinges of hanging Chads. Trump just put them on his muslim ban September 29th, , which pissed them off, so they pulled their forces out of Niger, where they were fighting ISIS, and were very effective fighters.

October 5th, halfway through Chads withdrawal, the americans ere ambushed.

Trump had no time to remove those troops if he wanted to?? Not enough time ,like with travel ban 1,2 and 3?? {with thanks to closed caption}

 

[NYcarbineer]

Maybe the question should be, why did our involvement in Niger progress without casualties until Trump took over?

 

[eddiew37]

Another one of nobama's policies failing. Where Trump has to fix it by figuring out why were there troops sent to Niger in the first place.

the sad truth is trump doesn't know his ass from his elbow He has no idea what's happening

Congress DEMANDS answers on Niger ambush What did Trump know and when did he know it??

 

[eddiew37]

Another one of nobama's policies failing. Where Trump has to fix it by figuring out why were there troops sent to Niger in the first place.

the sad truth is trump doesn't know his ass from his elbow He has no idea what's happening

Congress DEMANDS answers on Niger ambush What did Trump know and when did he know it??

Lets see gov't investigate the Niger ambush with the SAME zeal they investigated Benghazi??

 

[Dschrute3]

It's called 'Empire-Building.' We're everywhere meddling nowadays. It's exactly what our Founding Fathers warned against. They knew very well that all Empires fall. The US won't be an exception. Time to scale back all the meddling. Time to end this Empire-Building agenda.

Empire building? Yeah, it just makes sense for us to build an empire of countries with an unending supply of terrorists to kill ourselves!

What a dumb ass!

Let's get out of Niger, and stay out. We don't belong there. How many countries are we meddling in at this point? It's too much. Enough is enough.

 

[nat4900]

Lets see gov't investigate the Niger ambush with the SAME zeal they investigated Benghazi??

GOP's fear and loathing of Hillary Clinton cost you $100 million ...

 

[eddiew37]

It's called 'Empire-Building.' We're everywhere meddling nowadays. It's exactly what our Founding Fathers warned against. They knew very well that all Empires fall. The US won't be an exception. Time to scale back all the meddling. Time to end this Empire-Building agenda.

Empire building? Yeah, it just makes sense for us to build an empire of countries with an unending supply of terrorists to kill ourselves!

What a dumb ass!

Let's get out of Niger, and stay out. We don't belong there. How many countries are we meddling in at this point? It's too much. Enough is enough.

Trump had plenty of time to get us out Why didn't he? Too busy with HC or Walls or FB players? or Immigrants?

 

[Mr Natural]

Why do we have troops anywhere?

Why can't these people take care of their own problems and leave us out of it?

 

[nat4900]

Let's get out of Niger, and stay out. We don't belong there. How many countries are we meddling in at this point? It's too much. Enough is enough.

The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world, with nearly 300,000 of its active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories.

 

[Dschrute3]

It's called 'Empire-Building.' We're everywhere meddling nowadays. It's exactly what our Founding Fathers warned against. They knew very well that all Empires fall. The US won't be an exception. Time to scale back all the meddling. Time to end this Empire-Building agenda.

Empire building? Yeah, it just makes sense for us to build an empire of countries with an unending supply of terrorists to kill ourselves!

What a dumb ass!

Let's get out of Niger, and stay out. We don't belong there. How many countries are we meddling in at this point? It's too much. Enough is enough.

Trump had plenty of time to get us out Why didn't he? Too busy with HC or Walls or FB players? or Immigrants?

I agree, Trump should get us out of Niger. But will he? I doubt it. The MIC powers-that-be are making those decisions. And we know they've decided on Permanent War.

 

[nat4900]

I agree, Trump should get us out of Niger. But will he? I doubt it. The MIC powers-that-be are making those decisions. And we know they've decided on Permanent War.

In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns the American people to keep a careful eye on what he calls the “military-industrial complex” that has developed in the post-World War II years.