HAGEL ORDERS AIRLIFT FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
BY LOLITA C. BALDOR - ASSOCIATED PRESS
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the U.S. military to transport troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic to help quell the latest upsurge in violence there.
Hagel approved the order after speaking with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian Monday night from Afghanistan where he was visiting troops. Le Drian asked the U.S. to help get African troops quickly into the country to prevent the violence there from spreading, said Pentagon spokesman Carl Woog.
There are more than 1,000 French troops in the Central African Republic, where more than 400 people were killed in two days of violence last week between Christians and Muslims. Christian armed fighters oppose the Muslim ex-rebels now in charge of the former French colony…
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Notice the clever wording about who’s fighting who? Armed Christians fighting Muslim “ex-rebels now in charge“?
Hmmm… what might this tortured syntax tell us about who we’re actually supporting? Associated Press seems to be trying to avoid telling us that once again, American military assets are supporting jihadists in the removal of those pesky Christians. Also, they most certainly don’t want to tell us that the jihadists are doing so by the usual methods, like beheading children. In honor of AP’s double-talk, I’m posting Shrek’s Pinocchio at his lying best. ~ TD
