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Not worth it
It seems some despot in Africa is bent on mass murder again, but that seems to be the MO in that part of the world. It appears the world sees Obama as a lightweight and hostile nations will test him. As the ultimate populist I don't think he has the stones to risk American troops after seeing Clinton's foibles, unless they insult Obama's eminence, in which case he will definitely send troops. UBL sheltered in Sudan in the early 90's, but barring solid terror targets, Sudan is not worth losing one American soldier. This part of the world used to be European colonies, so maybe Obama as a UN guy can have France send in the French Foreign Legion. Dirty African wars are their specialty, no?
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