President Barack Obama has deployed American military personnel and drone aircraft to the African country of Niger, where they could be used to support a French counterterrorism mission in neighboring Mali.
Unless I miss my guess, the last time we tried to pull the fat out of the fire for the French, was when we sent military “advisers” to an unimportant, backwater, useless little country called Vietnam.
And as I recall, that didn’t work out all that well for us. Of course, I’d have to check my notes…
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Tim
February 22nd, 2013
All seriousness aside, they spell it ‘nyjer’ on the bird seed so as not to upset the illiterate nyjers.
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GW Bear
February 22nd, 2013
Oh crap, I thought this was a story about Obama’s kids. My bad.
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F.D.R. in Hell
February 22nd, 2013
Tim, we used to call it “thistle seed” when we fed it to the unemployed in the New Deal soup-kitchens.
Tim
February 22nd, 2013
I didn’t think we could use “niger” here …
Corky
February 22nd, 2013
I read somewhere (maybe here?) that over 4500 people have been killed in the Middle East and Africa by drones.
{CRICKETS from the media}
Kenny Sullivan
February 22nd, 2013
How many countries has Obama bombed as President? He has to hold the record.
Stranded in Sonoma
February 22nd, 2013
Unless I miss my guess, the last time we tried to pull the fat out of the fire for the French, was when we sent military “advisers” to an unimportant, backwater, useless little country called Vietnam.
And as I recall, that didn’t work out all that well for us. Of course, I’d have to check my notes…
Tim
February 22nd, 2013
All seriousness aside, they spell it ‘nyjer’ on the bird seed so as not to upset the illiterate nyjers.
GW Bear
February 22nd, 2013
Oh crap, I thought this was a story about Obama’s kids. My bad.
F.D.R. in Hell
February 22nd, 2013
Tim, we used to call it “thistle seed” when we fed it to the unemployed in the New Deal soup-kitchens.