Saturday, June 22, 2013
How it begins
The US currently has military outposts in over 100 countries around the world. In deed, we now have more overseas bases than domestic ones. Some like those in Europe go all the way back to a real war following which we just wouldn't go home. Others, like our latest in Jordan, start out small.
In a sign of deepening U.S. involvement in the Syrian crisis, the United States is leaving 700 combat-equipped American military personnel in Jordan following the end of a joint U.S.-Jordanian training exercise, President Barack Obama told Congress Friday.Well, I guess the Pentagon has plenty of bucks to pay for this and the others, but don't you dare ask for money for SNAP or teachers or clean water & sewers and more. Those are unimportant.
The decision brings to about 1,000 the number of U.S. troops now deployed in Jordan. It came a week after the White House announced that the United States would begin providing light arms to Syrian rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad.
Obama said the troops would remain in Jordan to help provide that country with security, but he did not say specifically what they would be doing.
“The detachment will remain in Jordan, in full coordination with the government of Jordan, until the security situation becomes such that it is no longer needed,” Obama wrote. “The deployment of this detachment has been directed in furtherance of U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, including the important national interests in supporting the security of Jordan and promoting regional stability.”
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