US warplanes were sent to South Sudan to evacuate American citizens caught up in a failed coup and growing civil war in the nation, and came under fire, injuring four. The rebels were immediately blamed.
President Obama reported the deployment of 46 troops to the nation for evacuations, and said he reserves the right to take “further action” using US military assets in the nation.
Officially independent since mid-2011, South Sudan has had plenty of violence since, and major oil fields which have attracted foreign investment. Unfortunately, as the situation destabilizes yet again, there are calls for the US to intervene to protect those investments.
The growing conflict in South Sudan is split along ethnic lines, with the country’s Dinka president accusing a former Vice President and ethnic Nuer of orchestrating the violence. A military commander reportedly loyal to the vice president has declared himself a military governor of one of the most oil rich states.
I understand O said to "protect US citizens". This is very often a standard pretext for invasion (e.g.Grenada, by Reagan), but surely in this case. the best way to protect US citizens is to evacuate them-including most embassy staff- and not for the US-of all countries- to "get dragged into" a civil war. This being said, there may be a case for the US and others to provide humanitarian assistance . There are various ways to enable, facilitate and organize this, none of the desirable ones involving direct US troops on the ground.
I understand O said to "protect US citizens". This is very often a standard pretext for invasion (e.g.Grenada, by Reagan), but surely in this case. the best way to protect US citizens is to evacuate them-including most embassy staff- and not for the US-of all countries- to "get dragged into" a civil war. This being said, there may be a case for the US and others to provide humanitarian assistance . There are various ways to enable, facilitate and organize this, none of the desirable ones involving direct US troops on the ground.
Stop this misleading title "US getting Dragged into south Sudan…" . Israel/US are acting against Sudenese. First, they divided Sudan into two, south sudan, where has diplomatic relation with Israel by demonization of Sudan and Al Bashir trhough zionist propaganda organization such as "child slavary in Sudan" and "save darfur" led by Charles Jacobs, a fifth column zionist and a war criminal Samantha Power. Sudan not only has oil and gas but minerals, and diamond. Furthermore, Sudan control and divided is designed by US/Israel to control the red sea to weaken further the Muslim countries in North Africa. Egypt is going under the same vicious plan. Obama regime also is working toward furher partition of Sudan, to bring Darfur under control by lies and deception using false flag operation to murder the civilians like in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere in Africa to create destabilization to be used as an excuse to invade country after country. It is necessary for Amreicans pour into the street and topple Obama Regime, one of the most vicious zionist puppet US has ever seen. Otherwise Americans are war criminals as well.
This US/Zionist conspiracy -also perhaps the illuminati, the free-masons etc…apparently to destabilize .. ..the whole world ? is not very credible. However, one must recognize that the strength of the AIPAC lobby and its undue influence on US foreign policy ( cf Meaersheimer and Walt) can give some credence to the extreme view expressed above. In any event, assuming the demise of the Obama regime , of the "criminal" Samantha Powers, etc…what new regime would lead to different policies? Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul? Billy Graham? any other ideas?
Not only is Sudan on our list for "democratization", but the entire continent of Africa is under a well financed program to seize farmland and water. The bottom line for amerika is marginalizing the poor indegenous landowners for those nationless agribusinesses and cheap labor. And investors and speculators from Asia to israhell to South Africa are involved, including the Bill Clinton Foundation and the US military command of AFRICOM. This is all about land grabbing