U.S. troops are on the ground in Yemen for offensive against al-Qaeda militants

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Source: Wasington Post

Famine...cholera...and now this....so much for Arabia Felix

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/08/04/u-s-troops-are-on-the-ground-in-yemen-for-offensive-against-al-qaeda-militants/?utm_term=.02dc3718a347#comments

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1. Sent by the Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

Commander Bone Spur.

[Igel]

2. There's probably been an increase. Can't quickly find info on that.

But unless he sent them in early May 2016, it wasn't entirely Trump's doing. Somebody thought AQAP was a problem.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/279045-pentagon-says-us-forces-are-helping-fight-al-qaeda-in-yemen

You don't like the Hill because it's the source not the content that matters (ad-hominem much?), the same news is in Salon and alternet and numerous other places at the same time from the same source: The Pentagon.

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3. Where is the f*cking authorization for this? What bill was passed for US to pay for this.......

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4. The troops have been there since at least May of 2016

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2016/05/06/u-s-reveals-troops-on-the-ground-in-yemen/

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5. So what exactly is short term?

We now have been in the other part, called Afghanistan for 16 years .

Where is the bill to pass this tax payer supported action?