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Originally posted by Swizzy
That woman gave me a full blown headache. I wonder how these people get dressed in the morning...
Originally posted by gladtobehere
reply to post by RealSpoke
Whats the difference between this woman who supports her candidate and those who support Obama?
What exactly is the problem?
Even though she fails to realize that Obama and Romney both work for the same team (which was their point), I thought she did ok. This coming from a fan of Adam.
edit on 19-9-2012 by gladtobehere because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by daaskapital
"Diet Coke is bad for mental functions"
Many of the members here are just as blinded, but at least they have enough mental capacity to formulate a proper comeback
Still, over the past year, the United States has quietly stepped up operations inside Somalia, American officials acknowledge. The Central Intelligence Agency, which largely finances the country’s spy agency, has covertly trained Somali intelligence operatives, helped build a large base at Mogadishu’s airport — Somalis call it “the Pink House” for the reddish hue of its buildings or “Guantánamo” for its ties to the United States — and carried out joint interrogations of suspected terrorists with their counterparts in a ramshackle Somali prison.
The Pentagon has turned to strikes by armed drone aircraft to kill Shabab militants and recently approved $45 million in arms shipments to African troops fighting in Somalia.
Some critics view the role played by Mr. Rouget and other contractors as a troubling trend: relying on private companies to fight the battles that nations have no stomach for. Some American Congressional officials investigating the money being spent for operations in Somalia said that opaque arrangements like those for Bancroft — where money is passed through foreign governments — made it difficult to properly track how the funds were spent.
It also makes it harder for American officials to monitor who is being hired for the Somalia mission. In Bancroft’s case, some trainers are veterans of Africa’s bush wars who sometimes use aliases in the countries where they fought. Mr. Rouget, for example, used the name Colonel Sanders.
The report provides new details about an operation by the South African firm Saracen International to train a 1,000-member antipiracy militia for the government of Puntland, a semiautonomous region in northern Somalia, effectively creating “the best-equipped indigenous military force anywhere in Somalia.” Using shell companies, some of which the United Nations report links to Erik Prince, who founded the Blackwater Worldwide security company, Saracen secretly shipped military equipment — which the report says violated an arms embargo — into northern Somalia on cargo planes leaving from Uganda and the United Arab Emirates. Several American officials have said that the Emirates, concerned about the piracy epidemic, have been secretly financing the Saracen operation.
Aid From the Pentagon
The Pentagon has recently told Congress that it plans to send nearly $45 million worth of military equipment to bolster the Ugandan and Burundian troops. The arms package includes transport trucks, body armor, night vision goggles and even four small drone aircraft that the African troops can use to spy on Shabab positions.
Originally posted by thepresident
I like this one the best
These are the people who think they are gods gift to humanity.
Stop punishing the banks for being successful!
Bomb Iranistan!
Obama is an arab, muslim, socialist, illegal alien!
Consequently, these are the people who are actually going to hell
edit on 19-9-2012 by thepresident because: (no reason given)
Ask the same question to an Obama supporter and see what kind of answer you get. Then consider Obama's actions, Failed Foreign Policy and Failed Obama Doctrine that seems to be paving the way for World War III.
Originally posted by RealSpoke
reply to post by jibeho
I guess you missed the part where the people in the video weren't Obama supporters.