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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]Separation
(1,975 posts)I may be missing some that I dont know about but since '75 (my entry into the world) I can think of only a few times that troops should have been used. Here is my list, most of them are due to some type of genocide going on.
Bosnia/Serbia Europe once again falling asleep and allowing genocide in their backyard.
Gulf War I (at least they were honest about it being about the oil) troops should have pulled out afterwards though.
Troops should have been deployed to Rwanda, not as peace keepers.
Afghanistan The way it was handled by Bush was idiotic. Bin Laden and most senior Taliban could have been crushed in the first two weeks. Hard to say when troops should have been pulled. To many tribal/sects for the "Freedom Fries" treatment.
And this current crisis