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In reply to the discussion: Breaking, CNN: President sending 80 U.S. troops to Chad to support search for Nigerian schoolgirls [View all]bigtree
(85,996 posts)8. if this was Bush
. . . I'd look at this as a slippery slope. Hawks in the administration have been making noise about 'Muslim extremists' in Nigeria and have wanted more military involvement to address all of that.
This president, however, has demonstrated some restraint in escalating these military assistance deployments and sticking to the mission stated. We're not fully engaged in Yemen right now, for example.
I give him the benefit of belief on this and I wish these troops the best in helping Nigerians locate and rescue their children.
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Breaking, CNN: President sending 80 U.S. troops to Chad to support search for Nigerian schoolgirls [View all]
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Just one observation. After 9/11 I was upset because the military was used instead of law
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The people being sent will be experts in tracking people, or whatever skill sets are needed. They
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