*Mrs. Plain Ol'* On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 8:46 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote:
> oops ... > > [image: Image result for israel bombed scud missiles] > > > On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 7:11:42 PM UTC-6, Kamakazee wrote: >> >> Thanks for leaving Jews out of this one, Psycho. >> >> On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 6:54:01 PM UTC-6, plainolamerican wrote: >>> >>> U.S. Special Operations Forces Deployed To 70% (138) Of The World's >>> Countries In 2016 >>> --- >>> just more US terrorism at work. >>> >>> [image: Image result for US bomb vietnam] >>> [image: Related image] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 5:05:47 PM UTC-6, Kamakazee wrote: >>>> >>>> On Jan. 29, U.S. Special Operations Command launched a raid in Yemen >>>> targeting 38-year-old Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the >>>> Arabian Peninsula. This was the first high-profile special forces operation >>>> of Trump's presidency and it resulted in the deaths of at least 14 Al Qaeda >>>> fighters, over 20 civilians and Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens. Three other >>>> Americans were reportedly wounded while an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was >>>> destroyed after a hard landing. It emerged in recent days that al-Rimi >>>> survived the raid, and he released an audio message on Sunday taunting the >>>> president. >>>> >>>> Raids like the one in Yemen are nothing new; U.S. special operations >>>> troops have been embroiled in constant battle since 9/11 from the back >>>> alleys of North Africa to the mountains of Afghanistan. However, the >>>> majority of their missions around the globe are related to training local >>>> troops to fight, mainly so Americans don't have to. Iraqi special >>>> operations units such as the Golden Brigade which led the assault on Mosul >>>> learned their trade from their U.S. counterparts. American Green Berets >>>> have also trained soldiers in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on how to >>>> counter Russian proxy warfare, should Moscow conduct similar operations to >>>> those seen in the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. >>>> >>>> American special forces deployed to 138 nations last year -- 70 percent >>>> of the world's countries. That's according to data from U.S. Special >>>> Operations Command *published by TomDispatch* >>>> <http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176227/tomgram%3A_nick_turse,_special_ops,_shadow_wars,_and_the_golden_age_of_the_gray_zone/>. >>>> While the official data did not acknowledge military action on the ground >>>> in Somalia, Syria and Yemen, there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary >>>> and those three nations were included in the overview. Some 55.29 percent >>>> of the deployments were in the Middle East, a 35 percent drop since 2006. >>>> During the same timeframe, deployments of elite troops to Africa >>>> skyrocketed 1,600 percent. >>>> >>>> **Click below to enlarge (charted by Statista >>>> <http://www.statista.com/>)* >>>> >>>> *http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/07/u-s-special-operations-forces-deployed-to-70-of-the-worlds-countries-in-2016-infographic/#6a1cf4fb7b74 >>>> <http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/07/u-s-special-operations-forces-deployed-to-70-of-the-worlds-countries-in-2016-infographic/#6a1cf4fb7b74>* >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: 20170202_special_forces] >>>> <http://blogs-images.forbes.com/niallmccarthy/files/2017/02/20170202_Special_Forces.jpg> >>>> >>> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
