Today, at the direction of nobody in particular;
"United States forces provided limited technical support to the French forces in that operation, but took no direct part in the assault on the compound where it was believed the French citizen was being held hostage," Obama wrote.
"United States combat aircraft briefly entered Somali airspace to support the rescue operation, if needed. These aircraft did not employ weapons during the operation. The U.S. forces that supported this operation left Somalia by approximately 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 11, 2013."
Meanwhile, al-Qaeda still decimated.











He goes out of the way to provide unrequested military aid to help some foreigners in a nation the US has no diplomatic relations with but he refuses to send help to his ambassador in Benghazi when directly requested.
Either Obumbles is the paragon of ineptitude or his contempt for America is so pervasive he sides with foreign interests over America’s.
I should make a career move as a bank robber. I would drive the get away car and not get involved inside with the actual hold up. Because I was only providing technical support I could not be prosecuted
It's a good thing Obamba opened Libya’s jails and weapons arsenals for Al Qaeda, they really needed them.
The Liberal Left must be very proud of their Affirmative Action Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The people in Mali must feel pretty blessed, because there is nothing quite like a Marxist black activist community organizer with no birth certificate or academic records to smoooooooth things out.
I love the Americans, but the CIA is the biggest group of incompetent parasites the world has ever known.
Obama rescue mission.
"One French commando was killed in the operation and another is missing.
Al-Shabaab claimed that the commando is now their hostage."
"The original hostage that was to be rescued,
French army consultant Denis Allex,
intelligence officer,
is presumed dead."
Obama the Grinning Drone Reaper,
and he wants to take our guns?
Bull-Shiite.
Serves the French right for bringing in the useless Yanks. For many years the French have carried out raids and incursions into former French colonies in Africa, effectively, violently, and quickly, and usually well below the radar of the US and UK media. I suppose it was the new socialist President of France who took the American hot air seriously - probably because of a fellow feeling with the Obama. Hopefully he has learned his lesson.
Ah yes - the Lord of the Drones; the Man with the Golden Drone - a good James Bond villain.
Well, not to sneer - it is the one thing Obama is good at, killing people remotely with drones.
Can't wait for the movie to come out.
Go away, spam.
I think the French Foreign Legion moved to Belgium for tax purposes.
dwright
(This refers to Mali, not Somalia:)
Canada will provide one RCAF C-17 transport aircraft in a non-combat role to support the operations of its allies in Mali for a week, the Harper government has announced.
"We are responding to a request from our French friends for logistical assistance in the form of heavy-lift [aircraft]. I have, in consultation with the minister of national defence and the minister of foreign affiars, granted that assistance for a period of one week," Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters at an announcement Monday afternoon in Montreal.
"We will obviously after a few days analyze how that is going and talk with our allies, but this is intended to be of a short duration," the prime minister said.
"We think that is an appropriate role for Canada given our relative capacities and interests," he said.
Hey Champ, as a proud American I think our Department of Homeland Security and EPA are just as pathetic as the CIA. Then there is the State Department, Department of Education, Department of Energy...
Obumbles will save the world one drone killing at a time....time to start calling his lord the *BLACK JEEZUS*
Hey, give poor l'il 'bama a break, eh!
I mean, it's hardly his fault that he's nothing but a reflection of the modern society he represents: vacuous, attention-starved, infantile, cowardly and pleasure-seeking.
Jamie, you are on a roll today with poignant little truths. Keep it up. However you forgot entitlement mentality.
Justin Trudeau's fellow travelers in Mali appear to be the strong horse, along with Somalia, and Syria...
it's no surprise he sucks up to them. A$$hole.