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Not many outside of Washington are aware the Obama administration has dispatched close to 100 “military advisers” (read: mostly CIA) to the far reaches of East Africa to combat a menace in the Uganda/Democratic Republic of Congo regions knows as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
 
The group has been around for decades, terrorizing that part of the continent and taking no prisoners. They brutally murder, maim and wreak havoc where and when they want.
 
I agree we should probably have our troops over there. Heck, they should’ve gone sooner, if what the White House says about the LRA’s activities has only worsened.

What I’m worried about is what the president chooses to call military campaigns such as this. If I’m not mistaken, the White House exercised its authority and sent military troops not for humanitarian reasons or to protect American interests and people. No, the president said this was clearly in the name of the nation! al interests of the United States. In effect, he was saying this band of mercenaries represented a clear and present danger to the security interests of our nation. That’s a bit of a stretch, even for a military hawk such as myself.

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