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This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.comSunday, November 28, 2021
Why Are Biden-Northam Deploying Virginia Troops To South Africa?
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Trump (Sec Def Esper) moved to reduce US troop levels in Africa – BUT DC-Hawks prevailed and now is expanding under Commander-In-Chief Diminished-Biden.
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Talk about timing: Biden is sending our Virginia 29th Div troops directly into the Covid-Omicron epicenter.
Are there any intelligent, rational, mature, responsible leaders in the White House?
Governments around the globe, including the U.S., have restricted travel from southern Africa in an effort to contain the fast-spreading new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The World Health Organization has declared Omicron, which is also known as B.1.1.529, a “variant of concern,” indicating that it carries higher risks than other virus strains.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/omicron-coronavirus-variant-what-to-know-11637935500?tesla=y
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A sober Reflection: 29th Infantry Division Formed in 1917 and deployed to France in the middle of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. 45,000 American troops died from the pandemic, 53,000 from WW1 combat.
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Defending the U.S. Military Presence in Africa for Reasons beyond Counterterrorism -- May 19, 2020
https://www.csis.org/analysis/defending-us-military-presence-africa-reasons-beyond-counterterrorism
Since Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced a potential drawdown of U.S. troops in Africa, U.S. congressional leaders, military officers, and various commentators have defended the importance of the military in Africa. But they’ve focused almost exclusively on the fight against terrorism. This is not surprising, since the public has for decades really only heard about the U.S. military in Africa when drone strikes hit terrorists in Somalia, when Navy SEALs raid pirate ships in the Gulf of Aden, and when Army Rangers hunt down genocidaires in the jungle.
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Talk about reflections of Vietnam circa 1963!
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Where were we when Biden went to Congress to authorize MAJOR expansion to US Troop deployments in South Africa explaining and publicizing:
The Mission?
The Objectives?
To confront Who?
To engage Who?
The Exit Strategy?
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Diminished-Biden did such a pathetic job getting out of Afghanistan, so, now he’s deploying a thousand Virginia troops to South Africa!
Sending Virginia troops to battle Black Africans -- What could possibly go wrong with that move?
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Deployment largest single-unit Va. National Guard mobilization since World War II
BEDFORD — The Virginia National Guard’s Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was deployed Saturday after a sendoff ceremony at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.
https://roanoke.com/news/state-and-regional/deployment-largest-single-unit-va-national-guard-mobilization-since-world-war-ii/article_d3a1497a-befc-584c-9ff8-1916942e3086.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
The battalion is trained and equipped to accomplish a wide range of missions throughout the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility, Northam’s office said, but its primary objective is to provide security for the various forward operating bases maintained by the Department of Defense to build partnerships with host nations and improve safety and stability in the region.
According to the office of Gov. Ralph Northam, who was in attendance and spoke at the ceremony, approximately 1,000 Army National Guard Soldiers will mobilize as Task Force Red Dragon under the command of the Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
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AP: July 15, 2021: 25,000 (African) troops deployed to quell South Africa riots, 117 dead
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule, 25,000 South African troops began taking up positions Thursday to help quell weeklong riots sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. At least 117 people have been killed in the violence, authorities said.
https://apnews.com/article/africa-south-africa-59f7817632563dcf19d7e212de8046c9
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NYT: American Soldiers Help Mozambique Battle an Expanding ISIS Affiliate
With a “small military training program:, the United States military has joined efforts to fight a brutal insurgency that has devastated northern Mozambique.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/world/africa/mozambique-american-troops-isis-insurgency.html
NAIROBI, Kenya — American Special Forces soldiers began training Mozambican troops this week as part of an effort to repel a spreading insurgency in northeastern Mozambique that American officials say is linked to the Islamic State. The insurgency, near some of the world’s biggest gas reserves, has killed at least 2,000 civilians and displaced another 670,000.
The American program is modest in size and scope: a dozen Army Green Berets are to train Mozambican marines for the next two months. But it signals the entry of the United States military into a counterinsurgency effort that has been aided so far mainly by South African mercenaries, who have faced accusations of human rights abuses.
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Talk about reflections of Vietnam circa 1963!
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United States Africa Command
Gen. Townsend visits Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana to advance mutual security interests
https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/34195/gen-townsend-visits-mozambique-south-africa-botswana-to-advance-mutual-security-interests
U. S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U. S. Africa Command, wrapped up a multi-country trip to the Southern Africa region, Nov. 17-23 – 2021.
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