Friday, June 3, 2022

Deployment of US Special Forces to Somalia

 The Atlantic Council published on 3 June 2022 a commentary titled "Why Biden's Limited Somalia Deployment Is the Right Move" by Thomas S. Warrick and Christopher P. Costa.

The US deployment of about 450 Special Operations troops back to Somalia is appropriate to put pressure on al-Shabaab.  The Trump administration removed the troops in January 2021 and al-Shabaab increased in strength.