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To: stsimon who wrote (136221)	10/22/2017 5:09:17 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218083

believe the perpetual-war protocol has a best-use-by date that is near going forward, should team usa maintain the long practice of perpetual-war, and any substantive collection of large states practice construction, the contradictions shall evolve from being a curiosity to something more glaring, and collapse the perpetual-war routine also, given the sums necessary for cislunar domain competition, and absolute need to at least pull up even or near-peer, and that any earth-bound conflicts tending to act as unhelpful distractions, team usa shall soon-enough have to choose the domain to try to dominate, desert or moon in either case, folks around the world best get ready tax-paying check books just a guess, but let us watch & brief

To: stsimon who wrote (136221)	10/23/2017 7:39:31 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218083

Donald Trump has reinstated the military draft in a little reported Executive Order 13223 he signed last Friday. - whitehouse.gov The immediate effect of Trump's Executive Order will draft 1,500 retired military pilots back into the Air Force and Marines to begin a new tour in order to keep up with Trump's ever-expanding list of bombing-targets and drone-attacks around the world. Trump's quickly expanding war zones will likely require additional draftees with different experience as well. War-loving bart13 has been death-cackling since Trump's signing of the Executive Order on Friday, causing neighbors to sign petitions demanded that she be immediately deported.

To: stsimon who wrote (136221)	10/23/2017 7:51:19 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218083

re <<The public no longer pays much attention to dubious military adventures like Iraq secure that their sons and daughters will not be drafted.>> wonder what the mission in nigeria could be seems quite far away from usa zerohedge.com Top US General Describes Deadly Niger Ambush The top US general said on Monday that the American people, including the families of the fallen soldiers in Niger, deserve answers about this month's deadly ambush which claimed the lives of four US soldiers, including that of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, whose widow Myeshia Johnson has been involved in an escalating feud with President Trump over the contents of his controversial phone call meant to deliver condolences. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, acknowledged that there was "a perception that the Department of Defense has not been forthcoming"about the mission and said that "we owe the families as much information as we can find out about what happened. The only thing I'm asking for here today is patience so that the information we provide you is factual." Gen. Dunford says there are "fair questions" on Niger ambush: "We owe the American people an explanation." t.co — ABC News (@ABC) 4:16 AM - Oct 24, 2017 The general said that the four U.S. special operations personnel died Oct. 4 amid a "complex situation" and a "difficult firefight" and explained that they were ambushed by ISIS fighters with rockets and machine guns while leaving a village on a reconnaissance mission and heading back to their post. 12 US special operations forces accompanied by 30 Nigerien troops departed Oct. 3 on a reconnaissance mission from the capital to an outlying village. They left Oct. 4 to return to their operating base, and after leaving the village came under fire from about 50 local tribal fighters affiliated with ISIS and armed with rockets, machine guns and small arms. He said that they had set out with expectations that contact with the enemy was “unlikely." The contact with the enemy happened south of the village and outside of the village borders. At the beginning of the attack, a drone was not overhead but was sent up immediately after it started. The intelligence on the ground earlier in the day and before the mission did not indicate an incident would occur. "I don't have any indication right now to believe or to know that they did anything other than operate within the orders they were given," Dunford told reporters. Dunford also said that his assumption is that the troops originally thought they could handle the resistance, and didn't call for support for an hour. An hour after that (two hours after the fighting began) French French Mirage jets arrived on the scene. As a result of the firefight, Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson and Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright were killed. Sgt. La David Johnson was reported missing, and troops stayed in the area until his body was recovered on Oct. 6. Dunford acknowledges many questions remain about what happened near Niger's Mali border, including whether the U.S. had adequate intelligence and equipment for its operation, whether there a planning failure and why it took so long to recover one the bodies. He also said US forces have been in Niger intermittently for more than two decades, and that some 800 U.S. service members are supporting a French-led mission to defeat the Islamic State, al-Qaida and Boko Haram in West Africa. Many Americans have expressed surprise about the U.S. military operating in Niger. Congress has been repeatedly briefed about American presence on the ground, but Dunford explained why units are in country and said the U.S. can be proud of its counter-terrorism operations in the region. “The reason we’re in West Africa is because there’s a concentration of ISIS and Al Qaeda,” Dunford said, adding that the U.S. has had troops in Niger on-and-off for 20 years. “We have sent [U.S. special forces] there to operate in areas where there are extremist elements.” Dunford said the Pentagon is still investigating the following open questions involving the ambush: Did the mission change during the operation?Did they have sufficient intelligence, equipment and training?Was the pre-mission assessment of the threat accurate?How did Sgt. Johnson become separated?Why did it take so long to recover his body?Dunford concluded that once all of the information about the situation is gathered, he will sit with the families who will have him in their homes to go over the details. After that, he will relay the details to the press.