Russ Feingold, author of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Relief Act of 2009, has responded to the news that President Obama sent 100 combat-equipped troops to Uganda last week. I said I would follow up on that, so here it is: The author of that legislation, former Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., told [...]
Feingold’s LRA Reaction |
| By: David Dayen Monday October 17, 2011 10:04 am |
On Joseph Kony, War Powers and Liberal Interventionism |
| By: David Dayen Monday October 17, 2011 7:00 am |
So in the midst of a delightful weekend with family, I noticed in the few minutes I had to look at the computer that I have become the exemplar of Obama Derangement Syndrome with a hastily written Friday post about the White House starting a mini-war in Africa. Apparently it was front-paged on Saturday and [...]
White House Starts a Mini-War in Africa |
| By: David Dayen Friday October 14, 2011 11:45 am |
I guess Leon Panetta’s admonition against reducing the US military presence had some foreknowledge. The President, in a letter to Congress, just acknowledged that he deployed approximately 100 combat forces to central Africa to assist in the fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) there. Here is an excerpt from the letter to Congress, sent [...]




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