Obama to Send US Troops to South Sudan

Citing recent ethnic violence and with the apparent certainty that every nation on the planet needs at least a few US boots on the ground, President Obama has announced his intention to send troops to the Republic of South Sudan to help the new government with “strategic planning.”

The deployment, which will only include five troops so far, comes after a report of a massacre was refuted by the United Nations, and also as South Sudan continues to accuse the Sudanese government of preventing it from shipping oil more efficiently.

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Folks, this is all about the oil, and nothing to do with any "humanitarian concerns" President Obama knows that if the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, oil will have to come from somewhere to prevent the world's economy from collapsing as a result.

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan said Tuesday that Sudan, its northern neighbor that controls the region’s pipelines, has blocked the movement of 3.4 million barrels of oil belonging to the south since December. After breaking away from Sudan in July to become the world’s newest country, South Sudan gained control of nearly three quarters of the formerly unified country’s oil fields, which produce around 500,000 barrels per day.

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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 at 09:28
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