Sjursen: What On Earth Is The US Doing By Bombing Somalia?

Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sjursen-what-earth-us-doing-bombing-somalia
Published: May 21, 2020
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2020-05-21 10:11:27 by Horse
Views: 1538

The Trump administration has quietly ramped up a vicious bombing – and covert raiding – campaign in Somalia amid a global coronavirus pandemic...

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#1: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#0)

Yet further enriching the fat cats of industry.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-21 10:12:11   Reply   Private Reply

#2: BTP Holdings    To: Horse (#0)

What On Earth Is The US Doing By Bombing Somalia?

Anyone who has been reading anything of importance in the past several years knows the Chinese have been setting up bases in Somalia.

This puts them within striking distance of the Straits of Hormuz. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-05-21 10:59:00   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Horse    To: BTP Holdings, NeoconsNailed (#2)

In 2010 China pledged $100 billion in investments for Africa. Now they are taking possession of Africa's resources. The US funded Al Qaeda and Boko Haram both of which are terrorists organizations. They have set up drone bases to strike almost every country in Africa.

Horse posted on 2020-05-21 12:09:45   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Ada    To: BTP Holdings (#2)

the Chinese have been setting up bases in Somalia.

What kind of bases?

Ada posted on 2020-05-21 13:34:30   Reply   Private Reply

#5: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#3)

Well hey, you have to fight the TERR'ISTS over there or we'll be fighting them here! Russia is extremely foolish to go there with no intention of doing so -- they'll all be HOLOCAUSTED by next week :-o

NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-21 15:00:08   Reply   Private Reply

#6: BTP Holdings    To: Ada (#4)

What kind of bases?

Navy base in Djibouti. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-05-21 16:19:44   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Ada    To: BTP Holdings (#6)

Not quite Somalia then, but close.

Ada posted on 2020-05-21 17:19:30   Reply   Private Reply

#8: BTP Holdings    To: Ada (#7)

Not quite Somalia then, but close.

Right next door, and at the entrance to the Red Sea. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-05-21 17:40:49   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Anthem    To: BTP Holdings (#6)

Djibouti

I was there in the late 70s, right after they became independent from France. They are racially a mixture of African and Arab, the only flat butt Africans I've ever seen. If I recall, dji means none, or not much.

Anthem posted on 2020-05-21 22:02:48   Reply   Private Reply

#10: BTP Holdings    To: Anthem (#9)

I was there in the late 70s,

You must have been with the U.S. Army. Was it right out of High School? ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2020-05-22 13:38:13   Reply   Private Reply

#11: Anthem    To: BTP Holdings (#10)

Jr. High. I had a deep voice and a five o'clock shadow.

Anthem posted on 2020-05-24 19:38:33   Reply   Private Reply