Barack Obama sends United States combat troops into Africa

    In what might be the most under-reported story since the Obama regime began it was announced late on Friday afternoon that Barack Obama has committed 100 United States combat troops to participate in  Uganda’s civil war. In compliance of the War Powers Act Barack Obama sent a letter to the Congress two days after committing the troops to inform the Congress of his decision. (After most of the Congress had already left.)

“I have authorized a small number of combat equipped U.S. forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward the removal of Joseph Kony from the battlefield

These forces will act as advisors to partner forces that have the goal of removing from the battlefield Joseph Kony and other senior leadership of the LRA,” said Obama.  “Our forces will provide information, advice, and assistance to select partner nation forces. Subject to the approval of each respective host nation, elements of these U.S. forces will deploy into Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

“On October 12, the initial team of U.S. military personnel with appropriate combat equipment deployed to Uganda

  He also informed the Congress that this was just the first phase of the operation and more combat troops would follow in the next month:

During the next month, additional forces will deploy, including a second combat-equipped team and associated headquarters, communications, and logistics personnel

  Barack Obama went out of his way to highlight the fact that these troops will not be conducting combat operations, and instead will be providing support but there is no guarantee that these troops will not be placed in harm’s way and that begs me to ask the questions: What issue of national security justifies this action? And, what clear, present, and imminent danger is te United States in that justifies this action?

  After all, this is the man who ran on the promises of closing GITMO in his first year as president, as well as bringing an end to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But instead the wars rage on past his promised end date, GITMO remains open, Barack Obama has escalated the war in Afghanistan, and he has committed the United States in Libya’s civil war. These are all contrary positions to the man whose mere election won him the Nobel Peace Prize.

  The far left had no problem labeling George W Bush and Dick Cheney as war criminals, and the media had no problem whatsoever in attacking President Bush for his war policies and yet both the far left and the media haven’t even found this story worth a mention.

  I want to know what the justification for this action is, and I think that the American people deserve to know why the president has sent troops into another country’s civil war. I expect the Congress to take up this issue immediately and press the president on the need for this action. This is what a responsible Congress would do, but I won’t be holding my breath however, because the Congress voted not to authorize the Libya action under the War Powers Act when it came to a vote and yet Barack Obama remains in violation of that act because we are still engaged in Libya and nobody in the Congress is doing a damned thing about it.